Update 1: Six Flags Shares Up on Gates, Redskins
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Pressure from Microsoft chairman and shareholder Bill Gates over a sagging financial outlook and news that Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has bought nearly 9 percent of Six Flags, Inc.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s shares were up 10.6 percent at $22.98 late into Monday&#39;s trading session. Oracle shares rose 10 cents to $12.
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Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. raised net proceeds of roughly $100 million through a share sale completed this week, the company said. Wheeling-Pittsburgh, a steel maker, sold 3.65 million shares of common stock at $29 each.
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It's time for Six Flags to do something to give its stock a pop.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as retail  shares like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N got a lift from  better-than-expected January retail sales data and news of a  $3.25 billion takeover offer for Circuit City Stores Inc.  CC.N.
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The amusement park company may be looking to sell itself.
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NEW YORK - Six Flags Inc.&#39;s third-quarter net income fell 60 percent, as cool weather hurt attendance at its amusement parks. Six Flags late Monday reported net income of $56.
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Shares in the fabled movie studio jumped 70 cents, or 6%, to $12.10 yesterday as Wall Street banked on its imminent sale. Sources expect MGM&#39;s Kirk Kerkorian to sign on the dotted line this month, possibly within two weeks.
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Airline shares rose on Tuesday, led by Continental Airlines , which was up more than 6 percent after reporting strong June revenue a day earlier.
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IRVINE, Calif. - Shares in Gateway Inc., the third-largest personal computer maker in the United States, rose 5 percent in midday trading Friday, a day after the company named a new chief executive.  On Thursday, Gateway announced that J. Edward Coleman will become CEO starting Sept. 18.
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Shares of DaimlerChrysler climbed yesterday after media reports that General Motors was in talks to buy the German firm's Chrysler division.
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Shares of Internet travel site Travelzoo Inc.  rose nearly 4 percent on Wednesday as market rumors of a secondary stock offering faded.
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Shares of medical device maker Guidant  Corp. GDT.N jumped on Tuesday after a report saying the  company was in advanced talks to be acquired by health products  maker Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N for more than $24 billion.
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Auto supplier&#39;s shares rise after it says it will sell more companies that aren&#39;t market leaders. By Jeff Green and Jeff Bennett / Bloomberg News.
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Shares in discount retailer Big Food Group rise more than 11% as the owner of the Iceland frozen food chain reveals it is in bid talks.
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Shares in Gateway Inc., the third-largest personal computer maker in the United States, rose 5 percent in early trading Friday, a day after the company named a new chief executive.
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Stocks rose on Friday, capping Wall Street's best week in almost five years, after Microsoft Corp's  $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc  overshadowed news that employers cut payrolls for the first time since 2003.