Stocks to Watch (DSCM, RX, SNDK, SLM, YHOO)
drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ: DSCM) jumped up 9.40% to $2.91 in post market after it said fourth-quarter sales will be at least $107 million, topping the average estimate of $100.4 million by two analysts in a Bloomberg survey.
IMS Health, Inc. (NYSE: RX) climbed after the provider of prescription data to drugmakers and analysts, which is reported to be in takeover talks with private-equity firms, said it is exploring strategic alternatives.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) rallied 10.20% to after it forecast sales that beat analysts’ estimates as chip prices rebounded.
SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM) surged 7.87% to $9.60 after The biggest U.S. student loan company reported earnings excluding some items of 26 cents a share in the third quarter, more than five times the average analyst estimate, according to Bloomberg data.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) increased 5.07% to $18.04 after the owner of the second-largest U.S. search engine reported more third-quarter profit than analysts estimated after cutting costs by paring jobs and jettisoning businesses.
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