Caterpillar, Eli Lilly, Google, Limelight, U.S. Steel: 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 8:10 a.m. in New York.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD US) rose 58 cents, or 3.7
percent, to $16.36 in trading before U.S. exchanges opened. The
second-largest maker of personal-computer processors said sales
in the second quarter increased 13 percent to $1.38 billion after
cutting prices to compete with Intel Corp. Analysts had estimated
the company to have sales of $1.25 billion, according to a
Bloomberg survey.


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Nova, Nucor, Schlumberger, Thornburg, U.S. Steel: 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. in New York.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD US) rose 74 cents, or 4.7
percent, to $16.52 in trading yesterday after the official close
of U.S. exchanges. The second-largest maker of personal-computer
processors said sales in the second quarter increased 13 percent
to $1.38 billion after cutting prices to compete with Intel Corp.
Analysts had estimated the company to have sales of $1.25
billion, according to a Bloomberg survey.


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Advanced Micro, Cheesecake Factory, H&R Block, Nvidia: 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 8:15 a.m. New York time.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(AMD US) gained 23 cents, or 1.7
percent, to $13.87 before the official open of U.S. exchanges.
The second-largest maker of personal-computer processors after
Intel Corp. (INTC US) was upgraded to ``short-term trading buy''
from ``hold'' by Stifel Nicolaus analyst Cody Acree, who wrote
that the company may have increased market share by ``at least a
couple of percentage points'' while second-quarter revenue may
exceed analysts' forecasts.


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