NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Research in Motion was reeling in after-hours trading Friday after the wireless solutions provider.
Honeywell continued to gain on the news that the company was considering alternative proposals after the aerospace products maker called off merger talks with United Technologies. Bear Stearns climbed on rumors that the brokerage firm is close to a deal with ING Groep NV.
Friday's after-hours loser
Research in Motion (RIMM: Research, Estimates) down $7.38 to $110. The designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the mobile communications market announced Friday it has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and a preliminary prospectus with the securities commissions in Canada for a proposed public offering of 6 million common shares.
Friday's after-hours winners
Honeywell International (HON: Research, Estimates) up $2.94 to $48.94. The aerospace products maker continued to rise despite calling off merger talks with United Technologies.
Bear Stearns (BSC: Research, Estimates) up $3.50 to $65. Shares of brokerage Bear Stearns continued to gain after-hours Friday after jumping more than 10 percent in regular trading on rumors that it is close to a deal with ING Groep NV.
Texas Industries (TXI: Research, Estimates) up $1.75 to $25.13. The building materials supplier said it was on track for an increase in per-share earnings of 10 percent or more for both the fiscal second quarter and full year, although higher energy costs and plant slowdowns will hurt profitability.
Friday's after-hours newsmakers
Circuit City (CC: Research, Estimates) up 19 cents $14. The electronics retailer warned that weak fiscal third-quarter sales would result in lower earnings than a year earlier.
General Electric (GE: Research, Estimates) up 50 cents $52.75. Tyco (TYC: Research, Estimates) down 12 cents to $50.38. United Technologies said Friday it ended merger talks with Honeywell International
after learning Honeywell had received an alternative proposal. Honeywell later said it was considering alternative proposals, but did not say who the suitors were. Rumored suitors include diversified manufacturer Tyco International, German engineering and technology group Siemens AG, and General Electric Co., market sources said.
Xerox (XRX: Research, Estimates) down 37 cents to $8.38. Xerox is in talks to sell its financing arm to General Electric Co.'s GE Capital unit, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing industry executives familiar with the matter.
Mercator Software (MCTR: Research, Estimates) down 3 cents to $4.56. The e-business solution provider reported its third-quarter loss of 14 cents per share late Thursday, 5 cents more than what Wall Street had expected.
United Technologies (UTX: Research, Estimates) unchanged at $65. The maker of aircraft components and other industrial products continued to fall despite calling off its possible merger with Honeywell International.
Ericsson (ERICY: Research, Estimates) up 19 cents to $11.88. The Swedish telecom equipment maker reduced its profit outlook for the rest of the year to reflect a deepening loss in its cell phone handset unit.
Best Buy (BBY: Research, Estimates) up 87 cents to $41. Other electronics retailers fell on the Circuit City news.
Quest Diagnostics (DGX: Research, Estimates) down 94 cents to $112. The company, which provides diagnostic testing services for the medical profession, reported third-quarter earnings of 29 cents a share, far below analysts' expectations of 56 cents.
Exodus (EXDS: Research, Estimates) up 13 cents to $33.69. The Internet hosting services provider topped forecasts by 4 cents a share in its third-quarter results late Thursday, but the stock plummeted in early trading Friday.
Kana Communications (KANA: Research, Estimates) down 56 cents to $25.50. The company, which provides customer-communications services for e-businesses, reported a third-quarter loss of 22 cents a share, beating analysts' expectations by a penny.
Harcourt General (H: Research, Estimates) down 75 cents to $50.75. The publisher has reportedly received bids from two joint parties at a discount to the company's current stock price, the Wall Street Journal reported in its electronic edition.
JDS Uniphase (JDSU: Research, Estimates) down 13 cents to $102.25. Analysts upgraded laser maker SDL (SDLI: Research, Estimates), a merger target of fiber-optics component maker JDS Uniphase, after it reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates by seven cents a share.
GoTo.com (GOTO: Research, Estimates) down 6 cents to $12.88. The Internet search engine reported a third-quarter loss that was 11 cents lighter than Wall Street expectations.
AT&T (T: Research, Estimates) up 13 cents to $27.13. The telecommunications company's board of directors is planning a board meeting on Monday to discuss a number of issues, including a spin-off of the company's long-distance business, the Wall Street Journal reported in its electronic version.
Galileo International (GLC: Research, Estimates) down 12 cents to $19.38. Shares of electronic travel reservation firm Galileo International rose more than 20 percent after it said it would explore strategic alternatives, including a leveraged buyout or sale of the company.
International Rectifier (IRF: Research, Estimates) unchanged at $48.75. The power-semiconductor company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates by 4 cents a share.
Microsoft (MSFT: Research, Estimates) down 12 cents to $64.97. The software maker continued to swing higher after a $10.13 gain Thursday on the strength of its better-than-expected earnings report.
Scientific-Atlanta (SFA: Research, Estimates) down 6 cents to $64.50. The company, one of the largest makers of set-top boxes that link televisions to cable systems, reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of 67 cents a share, blowing away Wall Street estimates of 30 cents a share.
E.piphany (EPNY: Research, Estimates) up 31 cents to $90.19. The maker of customer interaction software said late Thursday that its third-quarter loss was narrower than Wall Street forecasts and announced a 3-for-2 split of its common stock.
Vitria Technology (VITR: Research, Estimates) down 25 cents to $37. The e-business platform provider reported third-quarter earnings of a penny a share, beating the break-even quarter analysts expected.
Packeteer (PKTR: Research, Estimates) unchanged at $26.25. The Internet infrastructure company reported a third-quarter profit of a penny a share, better than the loss of two cents a share analysts expected.
NetIQ.com (NTIQ: Research, Estimates) down 12 cents to $92. The software company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates by six cents a share.
SCI Systems (SCI: Research, Estimates) unchanged at $42.25. Mobile-phone company Ericsson (ERICY: Research, Estimates), after issuing an earnings warning, said it would sell its U.S. operation in Lynchburg to electronics manufacturing services provider SCI Systems.
Sunrise Telecom (SRTI: Research, Estimates) up 75 cents to $21.25. The telecommunications equipment maker reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts by a nickel a share.
Sage (SAGI: Research, Estimates) unchanged at $10.12. The digital display company reported a break-even fiscal second quarter, better than the 9-cents-a-share loss analysts expected.
AptarGroup (ATR: Research, Estimates) unchanged at $19.88. The company, which makes aerosol valves and pumps, reported flat third-quarter income Thursday and warned its fourth-quarter results may fall below the year-earlier period. 
-- compiled by Joseph Lee, Mark Gongloff, and Parija Bhatnagar from staff and wire reports
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