Movers roundup: Dress Barn shares climb, Hibbett Sports stock jumps on strong 3Q results

Movers roundup: Dress Barn, Hibbett Sports

Report: Hershey may make $17 billion offer for Cadbury, topping Kraft’s hostile bid

Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury

Busy week for IPOs signals there’s more to come, but investors remain picky about placing bets

Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue

Verigy shares rise after 4th-quarter loss, revenue top forecasts

Verigy shares rise on better-than-expected 4Q

Dress Barn shares rise after it raises 2010 profit forecast; analyst calls it conservative

Dress Barn shares rise after co. raises forecast

Cloud Peak Energy subsidiaries price $600M senior notes on coal company’s 1st day of trading

Cloud Peak Energy units price $600M senior notes

Shares of ADC Telecommunications sink on lower outlook for first quarter

ADC Telecommunications falls on lower Q1 outlook

Aruba Networks shares fall; analyst says investors wanted an even stronger performance

Aruba Networks shares fall after 1Q report

Emergency Medical Services prices public offering for $386.5 million in common stock

Emergency Medical prices $386.5 million in stock

Archipelago Learning stock up in IPO debut after pricing near the top of expected range

Archipelago shares leap in 1st day of trading

BioCryst prices 5 million share stock offering at $9.75 per share

BioCryst prices stock offering at $9.75 per share

Taleo seeks to raise $132 million in public offering of 6.5 million shares

Taleo to raise $132 million in offering

DUBLIN, Calif. — Recruitment agency Taleo Corp. said Friday a public stock offering could raise up to $131.6 million.

QuinStreet plans initial public offering of $250 million shares of its common stock

QuinStreet plans $250 million IPO

NEW YORK — QuinStreet Inc. plans an initial public offering of $250 million in common stock, according to a regulatory filing.

Volkswagen supervisory board moves closer to Porsche merger, approves agreement contracts

Volkswagen board moves closer to Porsche merger

Bob Evans raises dividend to 18 cents, authorizes buyback of 1 million shares through April 30

Bob Evans boosts payout; authorizes stock buyback

Shareholders approve DirecTV spin off but sale to phone company uncertain

Shareholders OK DirecTV spinoff but sale uncertain

NetApp shares rise after strong 2nd-quarter profit shows data storage demand on the mend

NetApp shares rise after strong 2Q profit

NEW YORK — Shares of NetApp Inc. hit a new 12-month high Thursday after the company’s quarterly results topped Wall Street expectations, helped by an uptick in demand from businesses for data storage equipment.

Marathon Oil cuts 2010 capital spending by $1 billion, shares tumble

Marathon cuts 2010 capex by $1B, shares fall 4 pct

CF shareholders tender 62 pct of shares into Agrium’s $5.1B buyout offer; Terra votes Friday

Majority of CF shareholders support Agrium bid

Trina Solar 3rd-qtr profit rise 25 pct and beat expectations; shares jump

Trina Solar 3Q profit rise 25 pct; shares jump

E-Trade shares spike after reports feed speculation of possible TD Ameritrade deal

E-Trade rallies after reports spur takeover talk

Gymboree 3rd-quarter profit rises 12 percent on lower expenses, improved margins

Gymboree profit rises on lower expenses

SAN FRANCISCO — Children’s apparel retailer Gymboree Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 12 percent as expense cuts helped boost its bottom line.

Drug-delivery device maker Delcath Systems raises $32 million in share offering

Delcath Systems share offering raises $32 million

Vivus shares rise as erectable dysfunction drug avanafil meets late-stage study goal

Vivus shares rise on positive avanafil study data

Fortinet shares soar on first day of trading after IPO prices higher than expected

Fortinet shares soar on first day of trading

Salesforce.com shares fall despite higher 3Q profit as company ramps up hiring

Salesforce.com shares fall as company ramps hiring

Hershey, Ferrero “considering options” on possible Cadbury bid to rival Kraft offer

Hershey, Ferrero considering rival bid for Cadbury

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