Lam Research, Modine, Novellus, Orbital, Skechers: U.S. Equity Movers

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares are having unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges
today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names.
Share prices are as of 2:50 p.m. New York time.

American Express Co. (AXP US) rose $2.84, or 4.6 percent, to
$64.72. The No. 4 U.S. credit-card issuer was upgraded to ``buy''
from ``neutral'' at Goldman, Sachs & Co., which said its card-
network business was ``undervalued'' compared with its rivals.


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US STOCKS-Dow tops 14,000, helped by American Express; S&P flat

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 17 - U.S. blue-chip stocks rose
on Tuesday, pushing the Dow past 14,000 for the first time,
helped by an upgrade of American Express, but the S&P 500
index was little changed on subprime worries and falling oil
stocks.




The Nasdaq held modest gains, boosted by semiconductor
stocks, which rose after Novellus Systems Inc.
reported stronger-than-expected results,


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US STOCKS-Earnings, upgrades send Dow above 14,000

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 17 - U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday
on higher-than-expected earnings, pushing the Dow above 14,000
for the first time and easing concern about the deteriorating
subprime mortgage market.




A brokerage upgrade of American Express Co. pushed
the credit card company's stock up nearly 5 percent, helping
the Dow average of 30 blue chips.


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U.S. Stocks Advance, Dow Average Tops 14,000; American Express Shares Gain

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose, sending the Dow
Jones Industrial Average past 14,000 for the first time, after
wholesale inflation unexpectedly declined and Goldman, Sachs &
Co. advised buying shares of American Express Co.

American Express, the fourth-biggest U.S. credit-card
issuer, led the Dow average to a fourth-straight record. Rohm &
Haas Co., the largest maker of acrylics for paints and plastics,
pushed a gauge of raw-materials producers to the steepest gain
in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index on its plan for a $2 billion
share buyback.


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