-$0.86
23.1%
3Com Corp. stock sank to $2.87. The shares fell the most since December 2000 after Bain Capital LLC’s pending $2.2 billion purchase of the company was thrown into doubt after the leveraged buyout firm and its Chinese partner failed to settle national security concerns with a U.S. government panel.
$3.49
7.9%
Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. climbed to $47.44. The stock rose the most in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index a day after HP posted first-quarter profit that beat estimates and raised its annual forecast on demand overseas.
-$1.53
4.3%
AT&T Inc. stock slid to $34.36. The shares declined the most in the Dow Jones industrial average after the phone company was cut to “neutral” from “outperform” at Credit Suisse Group.
$1.45
4.9%
TJX Cos. stock climbed to $31.18. The owner of the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount chains said fourth-quarter profit rose 47 percent on higher sales in Canada and Europe. Profit, excluding some items, beat analysts’ estimates.
$1.88
11.5%
Shares of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. jumped to $18.25. The grocery chain boosted its full-year forecast, saying it expects as much as $125 million in earnings, excluding some items.
-$7.31
30.6%
NutriSystem Inc. stock plunged to $16.58. The weight-loss company said 2008 revenue would be as high as $710 million. That is less than the average analyst estimate of $846.8 million in a Bloomberg News survey.
