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Friday's market moversYahoo!, Reuters, Jones Soda among Friday's most actively traded.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The following are some of Friday's most actively traded stocks: Beazer Homes (down $0.95 to $33.45, Charts, Fortune 500) says the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an informal investigation to determine whether the homebuilder violated federal securities laws. Clear Channel Communications (up $0.45 to $36.40, Charts, Fortune 500) rejected a $19.6 billion private equity bid after institutional shareholders argued it undervalued the company. Eastman Kodak (down $1.58 to $24.39, Charts, Fortune 500) reported its ninth loss in the last 10 quarters on charges related to cost-cutting measures. Jones Soda (down $3.21 to $22.00, Charts) reported quarterly earnings of less than one cent per share. Analysts were expecting earnings of three cents per share. RealNetworks (up $0.43 to $8.69, Charts) said earnings rose 60 percent to $40 million in the first quarter. Reuters Group (up $15.10 to $74.02, Charts) said it received a preliminary takeover bid from an unnamed suitor. Sunoco (up $1.31 to $77.78, Charts, Fortune 500) said first-quarter earnings more than doubled as the company had a $90 million after-tax gain from the prior issuance of limited partnership interests. Yahoo! (up $5.37 to $33.55, Charts, Fortune 500) and Microsoft rekindled talks on a merger, which could be worth $50 billion, according to newspaper reports. |
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