Thursday, July 12, 2007

Alcan, Alcoa, Bon-Ton, Century Aluminum, Motorola: U.S. Equity Preview

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges
today. This preview includes news that broke after exchanges
closed yesterday. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company
names. Share prices are as of 7:30 a.m. New York time.

Abbott Laboratories (ABT US): The drugmaker and General
Electric Co. have broken off an agreement to sell Abbott's core
laboratory and point-of-care diagnostics businesses to GE. The
decision has no impact on Abbott's forecast earnings, excluding
items, for 2007 and 2008, the company said in a statement. Shares
rose 62 cents to $53.21 yesterday.


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