Caterpillar, Eli Lilly, Google, Limelight, Microsoft: 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 9 a.m. in New York.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD US) rose 47 cents, or 3
percent, to $16.25 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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UPDATE 3-AMD loses money but sales up, boosting shrs

(Reuters) - SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 - Advanced Micro Devices
Inc. posted a 13 percent rise in quarterly revenue on
Thursday, a surprise sign of recent success against rival Intel
Corp. that sparked a rally in the microchip maker's
shares despite its $600 million loss.




The third quarterly loss in a row reflected a grueling
price war with AMD's bigger rival, but the second-biggest maker
of computer microprocessors said gross profit margins had risen
from three months earlier and were still improving.


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AMD posts Q2 loss

(Reuters) - AMD, which has lost money for three quarters in a row amid
a price war with rival Intel Corp. , also said it had
stopped its market share losses and improved profit margins.




"It's still a company that's very troubled, but the
starting point is much better than what people have
recognized," said American Technology Research analyst Doug
Freedman.


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Buffalo Wild Wings, Kraft, Starbucks, Tyson: U.S. Equity Movers Final

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares had unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges today.
Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names. Share
prices are as of 4 p.m. New York time.

Shares of makers of computer processors gained after the
price of a benchmark chip climbed to the highest in more than six
weeks in Asia and analysts upgraded Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
(AMD US) and Nvidia Corp. (NVDA US). Prices for the 512-megabit
dynamic random access memory chip, or DRAM, soared 17 percent to
$2.21 yesterday, according to Dramexchange.com, Asia's biggest
spot market for chips.


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