NEW YORK, June 18- Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and will instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.
NEW YORK, June 18- Dish Network Corp said on Tuesday that it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel and focus instead on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.
NEW YORK, June 18- SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK-- Consulting and engineering services company Tetra Tech Inc. said Tuesday it will take a loss in the fiscal third quarter as it absorbs about $95 million in charges. The Pasadena, Calif., company will also take up to $45 million in charges related to project claims that it has disputed.
American Express Co. rose $1.14 or 1.5 percent, to $74.98. Capital One Financial Corp. rose$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $62.10. Discover Financial Services rose$. 49 or 1.0 percent, to $47.89.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. rose$. 31 or. 5 percent, to $57.07. MGM Resorts International rose$. 16 or 1.1 percent, to $15.10. Marriott International Inc. rose$. 16 or. 4 percent, to $40.82.
Kelly Services Inc. class A rose$. 44 or 2.5 percent, to $17.92. Korn/Ferry International Inc. fell$. 07 or. 4 percent, to $18.04. ManpowerGroup rose$. 81 or 1.4 percent, to $56.82.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top drug benefits companies were mixed at the close of trading:. CVSCaremark rose$. 64 or 1.1 percent, to $59.91. Express Scripts Holding Co. fell$. 04 or. 1 percent, to $62.94.
Caterpillar rose$. 63 or. 8 percent, to $84.55. Deere& Co. rose$. 19 or. 2 percent, to $85.00. Terex rose$. 23 or. 8 percent, to $29.52.
Kroger rose$. 34 or 1.0 percent, to $35.52. Safeway fell$. 18 or. 7 percent, to $23.94. Supervalu rose$. 27 or 4.3 percent, to $6.49.
Kohl's Corp. fell$. 31 or. 6 percent, to $52.44. Macy's Inc. rose$. 51 or 1.0 percent, to $49.32. Nordstrom rose$. 55 or. 9 percent, to $59.64.
General Electric Co. rose$. 56 or 2.4 percent, to $24.33. Snap-On rose$. 34 or. 4 percent, to $92.21. Whirlpool Corp. rose$. 33 or. 3 percent, to $129.61.
Hecla Mining Co. fell$. 08 or 2.4 percent, to $3.26. Pan American Silver Corp. fell$. 26 or 2.1 percent, to $11.85. Silver Standard Resources Inc. fell$. 10 or 1.4 percent, to $6.97.
CVSCaremark rose$. 64 or 1.1 percent, to $59.91. Rite Aid fell$. 01 or. 3 percent, to $3.13. Walgreen rose$. 52 or 1.0 percent, to $50.90.
BP PLC rose$. 03 or. 1 percent, to $43.29. ConocoPhillips rose$. 16 or. 3 percent, to $62.10. Exxon Mobil Corp. rose$. 42 or. 5 percent, to $91.93.
AT&T Inc. rose$. 41 or 1.1 percent, to $36.17. Sprint Nextel rose$. 10 or 1.4 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 84 or 1.7 percent, to $51.55.
Apollo Group fell$. 67 or 3.2 percent, to $20.20. Career Education Corp. fell$. 04 or 1.4 percent, to $2.84. DeVry rose$. 29 or 1.0 percent, to $29.30.
ConAgra Foods Inc. fell$. 09 or. 3 percent, to $34.50. General Mills Inc. rose$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $49.91. Hormel Foods Corp. fell $1.46 or 3.6 percent, to $39.19.
American Electric Power Co. rose$. 33 or. 7 percent, to $45.90. Consolidated Edison Inc. Holding Co. rose$. 38 or. 6 percent, to $58.95. Dominion Resources Inc. rose$. 27 or. 5 percent, to $57.00.
Becton, Dickinson& Co. rose$. 23 or. 2 percent, to $100.40. Covidien fell$. 33 or. 5 percent, to $65.94. PerkinElmer rose$. 56 or 1.7 percent, to $34.41.
The Federal Reserve won't change course on quantitative easing this week, Steve Weiss of Short Hills Capital says.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 7:10 AM ETAn airline passenger records a Chinese cargo handler as he tosses boxes of something on to and off of a conveyor belt for shipment. Hopefully, the cargo was packed well.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 9:33 AM ETPlans to take PC maker Dell private by leveraging the company's balance sheet are misguided, CNBC's Jim Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street" Tuesday, because the company is facing lower margins and an increased competition from rival Hewlett Packard.