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Shares of Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ: FINL) fell about 0.7% after the company reported a 20% rise in its FQ1 earnings. The company's earnings came in at $16.4 million, or $0.30 per share, up from $13.6 million, or $0.25 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its revenue climbed 6% to $299 million from...

Shares of Lennar Corp (NYSE: LEN) gained about 1.8% after the company reported a 65% drop in its fiscal second-quarter net profit. Lennar's quarterly net profit fell to $13.8 million, or $0.07 per share, from $39.7 million, or $0.21 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its revenue declined 6% to...

Shares of FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) rose about 3% after the company reported a 33% rise in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit. FedEx reported its quarterly profit at $558 million, or $1.75 per share, up from $419 million, or $1.33 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its total revenue climbed 12% to $...

Shares of Walgreen Co (NYSE: WAG) dropped about 5.7% after the company reported a 30% rise in its fiscal third-quarter profit on Tuesday. Walgreen's quarterly profit surged to $603 million, or $0.65 per share, from $463 million, or $0.47 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its sales increased to...

Shares of PNC Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE: PNC) fell about 0.5% after the company announced its plans to acquire RBC Bank (USA), the US retail banking subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY), for $3.45 billion, or $112 million discount to tangible book value. PNC projects the deal to...

Shares of Amdocs Ltd (NYSE: DOX) rose about 0.5% after the company agreed to acquire Bridgewater Systems Corp for C$8.20 per share in cash, or about C$211 million ($214 million) in total. The Boards of Directors of both the companies have each unanimously approved the deal. The deal is likely to be...

Shares of Pier 1 Imports Ltd (NYSE: PIR) gained about 1.1% after the company reported an 84% surge in its fiscal first-quarter net income on Thursday. Pier 1 reported a 10.2% rise in its comparable-store sales. Pier 1's quarterly earnings came in at $14.1 million, or $0.12 per share, up from $7.7...

Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE: ST) gained about 0.4% after the company announced that some of its units will buy Sensor-NITE Group Companies from Elex Group for euro 225 million or around $325 million. Sensata reported that the deal should close in the third quarter, subject to...

Shares of Honda Motor Co (NYSE: HMC) fell about 0.6% after the company projects a 63.5% drop in its profit for the current fiscal year. Honda expects a profit of 195 billion yen ($2.4 billion) for the current fiscal year, down from 534 billion yen in the last fiscal year. However, analysts expected...

Shares of Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc (NYSE: WEN) gained about 4% after the company announced its plans to sell Arby's Restaurant Group Inc to private equity firm Roark Capital Group for $430 million. Wendy's/Arby's will retain an 18.5% interest in Arby's Restaurant. The deal is likely to close in the...