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 ARBX +8.2% (announces special dividend of $0.40 and strategic initiatives for 2008); JAZZ +7.4% (FDA approves Luvox CR extended-release capsules for the treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder); GPS +5.9% (announces $1 billion share repurchase program); TTWO +4.4% (Been approached by other cos since EA offer -- WSJ); KOSN +1.6% (announces senior management changes); CCK +1.5% (announces stock repurchase program of up to $500 mln); VLO +1.3% (announces $3 billion share buyback; $2.4 billion Port Arthur refinery expansion project); FNLY +1.3% (announces it will close 47 Lord & Taylor locations at the end of 2008)... Trading Down
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