-$2.90
35%
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. fell to $5.31. The subprime mortgage company being acquired by Lone Star Funds cast doubt on the sale and said bankruptcy is possible.
-$3.55
13%
Bare Escentuals Inc. slumped to $24.75. The cosmetics company was cut to “sector perform” from “sector outperform” by an analyst, citing “continued deterioration in the company’s infomercial business.”
$8.57
23%
CheckFree Corp. jumped to $45.40. Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv Inc. agreed to buy CheckFree, whose software runs Internet-banking services, for about $4.4 billion in cash, or $48 per share.
$1.38
5.4%
Eastman Kodak Co. rose to $26.93. The world’s largest photography company said second-quarter earnings excluding some items were 45 cents a share, well above analyst expectations.
$7.14
10%
Invitrogen Corp. gained to $78.20. The supplier of biotechnology-research materials said second-quarter net income, excluding some items, was $1.15 a share, exceeding the 77-cent average estimate of 10 analysts.
-$2.63
9.4%
Molex Inc. declined to $25.37. The Lisle-based maker of fiber-optic components said it expects revenue of as much as $800 million in the fiscal first quarter, missing some analyst estimates.
