-$1.79
10.2%
Shares of Career Education Corp. slipped to $15.71. The stock hit the lowest level since January 2002, a day after the Hoffman Estates-based company said some students face cuts in financial aid. The disclosure sent similar companies tumbling. Oakbrook Terrace-based DeVry Inc. sank 7.7 percent, to $43.86.
-$1.24
4.9%
General Motors Corp. stock slid to $24.30. The shares posted the biggest percentage drop in the Dow Jones industrial average after federal regulators said its Pontiac Vibe sport wagon is under investigation because of power-window problems.
$2.44
23.6%
Shares of Furniture Brands International Inc. climbed to $12.78. Buyout firm Sun Capital Partners Inc., which owns 9.5 percent of the maker of Broyhill and Thomasville chairs and tables, offered to buy the company for a “substantial premium,” according to a regulatory filing.
$8.78
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9%
Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. jumped to $106.69. The stock climbed the most in the Nasdaq 100 index after the maker of the BlackBerry said fourth-quarter subscriber gains probably will be up to 20 percent higher than its previous forecast.
-$2.28
7.1%
Safeway Inc. stock fell to $29.66. The parent of Dominick’s said fourth-quarter sales at stores open at least a year, excluding fuel, advanced 2.7 percent, slowing from a year earlier.
$14.61
43.4%
ChoicePoint Inc. stock surged to $48.27. The shares rose the most since at least July 1997 after Reed Elsevier PLC agreed to buy the provider of consumer credit reports for $3.6 billion, or $50 a share, in cash.