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Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) , Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ), Clear Channel Communications Inc. (CCU) and Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP).
Research In Motion ($115.79, -$1.69, -1.4%) said its fourth-quarter profit and revenue more than doubled even as the economy showed signs of a slowdown. The Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry maker said it added 2.2 million net new BlackBerry subscribers in the quarter ended March 1, bringing its total subscriber base to more than 14 million. The company said it expects to report first-quarter net of 82 cents to 86 cents a share on revenue of $2.23 billion to $2.30 billion. It expects to add 2.2 million subscribers in the first quarter.
Cisco ($24.96, -$0.02, -0.1%) was downgraded to neutral from buy at UBS, which said industry checks are giving the firm concerns about the July quarter. UBS said these checks indicate that in addition to softness in U.S. Enterprise, European Enterprise is slowing slightly, while Emerging Markets are growing in the 25% to 30% range, not the 30% to 40% target.
Clear Channel ($28.24, -$0.26, -0.9%) notched an early win for the company and its proposed private-equity buyers after a federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit over the disputed sale of the company should be heard by a Texas state court. The Texas case is one of two lawsuits filed last week in which Clear Channel and its proposed buyers, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC, accuse six banks of reneging on commitments to fund the $19.5 billion deal.
General Motors Corp. (GM, $20.97, $0.82, 4.1%) is considering taking on more of Delphi Corp.'s (DPHIQ, $0.07, $0, 0%) pension liabilities to help its struggling parts supplier exit bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
Delphi, a former division of GM, has struggled to line up the $6.1 billion in financing it needs to exit Chapter 11 amid a financing crisis that has crippled the credit markets.
Schering-Plough (SGP, $13.86, -$0.89, -6%) launched a cost-cutting(削减开支) plan involving management cuts(管理裁员), facility streamlining(设备流水线) and more focused research to generate $1.5 billion in annual savings, equivalent to 10% of the company's 2007 cost base. The pharmaceutical giant said the $500 million savings from the November acquisition of Organon BioSciences of the Netherlands is included in the new figure. Savings will come from all departments, with the company making its first moves in slimming top management levels.
Micron Technology Inc.'s (MU, $6.39, $0.39, 6.5%) fiscal second-quarter net loss widened on a write-down of its goodwill value amid a continuing supply glut and dropping prices for memory chips. The company reported a second-quarter loss of $777 million, or $1.01 a share, as revenue fell 4.9% to $1.36 billion. Analysts had expected, on average, a loss of 36 cents a share on revenue of $ 1.43 billion.
Ruby Tuesday Inc. (RT, $7.88, $0.06, 0.8%) posted a 59% decline in fiscal third-quarter net income amid tumbling same-store sales as the restaurant chain cut the high end of its fiscal-year earnings outlook.
For the quarter ended Mar. 4, the bar and grill chain said net income fell 59% year over year to $11.7 million, or 23 cents a share, with the company's ongoing remodeling effort cutting 6 cents from the latest quarter's profits.
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