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8/14/2009 †Company Name
Price
Change / %Change
ARCC
Ares Capital Corp
The investment company said it’s offering to sell 8 million shares and plans to use part of the money to pay debt.
9.22
-0.49 / -5.05%
BA
Boeing Co
The plane maker stopped production at a 787 Dreamliner facility in Italy that was making parts of the plane's fuselage, The Wall Street Journal reported. Its subcontractor, Alenia Aeronautic in Naples, stopped work two months ago after structural flaws were discovered at where the wing and the fuselage meet.
44.87
-1.75 / -3.75%
BKS
Barnes & Noble Inc
The largest U.S. bookstore chain was cut to “underperform” from “neutral” by Credit Suisse Group AG, which said the company’s decision to buy back Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc. increased risk and eliminated free cash.
20.87
-2.11 / -9.18%
GNW
Genworth Financial Inc
The life and mortgage insurer that failed to get a U.S. bailout was downgraded to “sell” from “hold” by Citigroup Inc., which cited “a very uncertain earnings outlook and capital position.”
8.28
-0.47 / -5.37%
GRRF
China GrenTech Corp Ltd
The wireless products and services company reported second- quarter profit of 8 cents a share, four times the average analyst estimate.
5.97
+1.91 / +47.04%
JCP
JC Penney Co Inc
The discount department store chain swung to a second-quarter loss of $1M, or break-even on a per-share basis, compared with a profit of $117M, or 52 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Sales fell 7.9% to $3.94B and same-store sales dropped 9.5%.
31.29
-2.05 / -6.15%
JWN
Nordstrom Inc
The upscale department store operator’s second-quarter net income fell to $105M, or 48 cents a share, from $143M or 65 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Net sales for the quarter fell 6% to $2.14B as same-store sales fell 9.8% from a year ago.
27.87
-1.89 / -6.35%
TKTM
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc
The ticket broker’s second-quarter profit fell to $6.9M, or 12 cents a share, from $23M, or 41 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $355.1M from $382.4M.
8.92
-0.85 / -8.70%