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April 21 -
** HALLIBURTON CO, Thursday close $60.9
The oilfield services company reported a profit for thefirst quarter, compared with a loss a year earlier when itbooked a pre-tax charge of $1 billion related to the Gulf ofMexico spill.
** HASBRO INC, Thursday close $54.61
The toymaker reported a quarterly profit, compared with ayear-ago loss, helped by strong demand for its toys for girls.The company's first-quarter revenue rose 2 percent to $679.5million.
** GENERAL MOTORS CO, Thursday close $33.98
The U.S. car giant plans to invest $12 billion in China from2014 to 2017 and build more plants next year as it competes withaggressive rivals in the world's largest auto market.
** NEWMONT MINING CORP, Thursday close $23.54
The talks between Barrick Gold Corp and NewmontMining over a combination that would create a gold miningbehemoth have hit a snag, but two sources close to the situationsay the companies remain keen on a deal and discussions arelikely to resume.
** PFIZER INC, Thursday close $30.25
The U.S. pharmaceutical giant has approached British rivalAstraZeneca Plc to propose a 60 billion pound ($101billion) takeover, Britain's Sunday Times reported.
** APPLE INC, Thursday close $524.94
** GOOGLE INC, Thursday close $543.34
Apple and Google are wooing game developers to ensure thattop game titles arrive first on devices powered by theirrespective operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported,citing people familiar with the matter.
** KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC, Thursday close $56.91
Kraft Foods is recalling about 96,000 pounds of Oscar MayerClassic Wieners because the packages may instead contain ClassicCheese Dogs made with milk, a known allergen.
** COMCAST CORP, Thursday close $49.1
** CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC, Thursday close$56.91
Comcast is in talks with Charter Communications over sellingor spinning off roughly 3 million subscribers worthapproximately $18 billion to $20 billion as part of thedivestitures related to its $45.3 billion takeover of TimeWarner Cable, according to a source familiar with thematter.
** VIMPELCOM LTD, Thursday close $9
Russia's Vimpelcom has resolved a long-running dispute withthe Algerian government by selling it a majority stake in thecountry's biggest telecoms operator for $2.6 billion, while itwill keep control and slash debt.
** AMERICAN TOWER CORP, Thursday close $82.65
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd' telecommunications unit, which holds nationwide 4G permits, hasagreed to lease mobile phone masts from infrastructure providerAmerican Tower Corp's local arm, the companies said in astatement on Monday.
** WALT DISNEY CO, Thursday close $79.99
Walt Disney Co's cable networks are expected to record highsingle-digit growth in operating income and domestic affiliaterevenue from fiscal 2014 through 2016, Chief Financial OfficerJay Rasulo told investors on Thursday.
** SPRINT CORP, Thursday close $8.52
** T-MOBILE US INC, Thursday close $30.4
A possible merger between Sprint and T-Mobile could promptU.S. regulators to rewrite rules they are now weighing for a2015 auction of airwaves, according to sources familiar with theproposed regulations.
** LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC, Thursday close $51.71
A U.S. judge has issued final dismissals of lawsuitsaccusing Lululemon and various company officials of defraudingshareholders by concealing defects in yoga pants.
** CHINDEX INTERNATIONAL INC, Thursday close $22.94
Chinese drugmaker Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd has raised its offer for U.S.-listed ChindexInternational Inc by 15 percent to $223.6 million aftera bidding war for the China-focused hospital chain.
** ATHENAHEALTH, Thursday close $145.58
The healthcare IT services company on Thursday reportedfirst-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that fell below WallStreet estimates.
Three brokerages, including Oppenheimer, Deutsche Bank andB. Riley cut their price targets on the company' stock, citingweakness in its Epocrates business - a mobile medicalapplication.
** SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS INC, Thursday close $24.4
The company said it would start new trials to revive thechance of approval for its experimental muscle disorder drugafter the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised the companyto submit new safety and efficacy data.
** SELECT COMFORT CORP, Thursday close $17.75, +3.3 pct after market
The specialty mattress maker on Thursday reportedfirst-quarter sales that beat analysts' estimates, helped by a 2percent rise in comparable sales.
** PEOPLE'S UNITED FINANCIAL INC, Thursday close-100.00
Brokerage Keefe Bruyette & Woods cut the lender's targetprice to $14.50 from $15, citing low profitability until thecompany improves return on assets and efficiency ratio.
** PRIVATEBANCORP INC, Thursday close $29.59
KBW raised its price target on the stock to $34 from $33after the bank reported better-than-expected first quarterresults on Thursday, helped by commercial loan growth.
** LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP, Thursday close $46.37
The analog chipmaker said on Thursday it expects revenue togrow 2-6 percent from $348 million in the third quarter, that is$355-$369 million. Analysts on average were expecting revenue of$365 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
** RADIOSHACK CORP, Thursday close $0
The struggling U.S. electronics chain is mired in talks withits lenders over its plans to close about 1,100 stores,complicating its turnaround efforts, the Wall Street Journalreported, citing sources close to the talks.
RadioShack, which operates about 4,300 stores in the UnitedStates, said in March that the plan needed permission from itslenders, adding that its credit agreements allowed it to closeonly about 200 stores without the approval of lead lenders, theJournal said late on Wednesday. (http://r.reuters.com/vyg68v)
The company reported a wider quarterly loss and a huge dropin sales during the holiday season.
** WEIBO CORP, Thursday close $20.24
The Chinese Twitter-like messaging service company'sU.S.-listed shares were up premarket on Monday after they soared19 percent on their debut on Thursday.
** BIOGEN IDEC INC, Thursday close $290.54
Biogen is pricing its newly approved long-acting hemophiliadrug, Alprolix, to cost U.S. patients, and insurers, about thesame per year as older, less convenient therapies whose pricecan reach about $300,000 annually.
The move could pressure rivals such as Pfizer Inc tolower prices for existing hemophilia treatments, which providepatients with life-saving infusions of a blood clotting agent,according to doctors and industry analysts.
** UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC, Thursday close $75.78
The largest U.S. health insurer, said it spent more than$100 million to cover a pricey new hepatitis C drug from GileadSciences Inc GILD.O in its first three months on the market, anamount that was "multiple" times what it had expected.
** ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Thursday close $38.93
An Abbott Laboratories spinoff urged a federal appealscourt to revisit a ruling in a case against GlaxoSmithKline Plc, but without disturbing landmark constitutionalprotections for gays and lesbians.
** PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS LTD, Thursdayclose $62.16, -100.00 pct premarket
Brokerage Keefe Bruyette & Woods raised the reinsuranceprovider's target price to $69 from $67, after the company'searnings for the quarter ended March 31 beat analysts' estimateswith strong underwriting, investing, and capital managementperformance. The company reported earnings per share of $2.27,higher than analysts' average estimate of $1.28, according toThomson Reuters I/B/E/S. [ID: nPn5HRfMd] (Compiled by Rohit T.K. in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
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