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Shares of supermarket operator SuperValu Inc. (SVU: Charts, News, Offers), rose sharply on Tuesday after the company reported significantly lower fourth quarter earnings. SuperValu stock rose +0.81 or +15.2 percent Tuesday, on heavy volume of 38,452…

On Monday, shares of America Online (AOL: Charts, News, Offers) surged over 40% after it announced that it was selling 800 patents to Microsoft (MSFT: Charts, News, Offers) for $1.1 billion in cash. The huge infusion of cash increases AOL’s cash per share by $15, a massive boost for a stock that ended last week
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Last Thursday, shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY: Charts, News, Offers) rallied 8.5% into the end of the week after it reported strong fiscal 2011 earnings along with optimistic guidance for 2012. Shares were notably trading at five times normal…

Denver-based brewer Molson Coors (TAP: Charts, News, Offers) made a surprising contrarian investment this week, spending $3.54 billion to acquire Eastern European brewer StarBev and its nine breweries located across central and eastern Europe. Molso…

Shares of AutoNation Inc. (AN: Charts, News, Offers) rose on Tuesday after the company reported significantly stronger than expected sales of new cares in March. AutoNation stock closed at $34.85 per share, up +0.07 or 0.20%, after having traded as …

Last week as not kind to Groupon (GRPN: Charts, News, Offers) shareholders. The group discount site posted a fourth quarter loss of 8 cents per share, or $42.7 million, on revenue of $506.5 million. Although revenue nearly tripled, Groupon still fai…

On Friday, Research in Motion (RIMM: Charts, News, Offers) co-founder and former co-CEO Jim Balsillie stepped resigned from the company’s board of directors. Chief technology officer David Yach and chief operating officer Jim Rowan also abruptly lef…

After Best Buy (BBY: Charts, News, Offers) reported a massive fourth quarter loss yesterday, shares slid nearly 10% as investors abandoned the struggling electronics retailer. The company reported a loss of $4.89 per share, or $1.7 billion, a sharp …

Shares of Focus Media Holding (FMCN: Charts, News, Offers), a Hong Kong-based display advertising company, surged last week after the company soundly beat earnings estimates. For its fourth quarter, Focus Media posted adjusted earnings of 70 cents p…

Shares of Lennar Corp. (LEN: Charts, News, Offers) closed down -1.35 or -3.91 percent to $33.16 per share on Tuesday, after the company reported its fiscal first quarter earnings had declined by -45 percent from its first quarter earnings in 2011. T…