Date updated:04-30-2009
Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, April 30, from AP Financial News:

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SKX
Skechers Usa Inc - $22.62
- -1.78%
- $22.83
Shares of footwear maker Skechers USA Inc. jumped on Thursday, after the company said first-quarter profit rose, helped by tight cost control.

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V
Visa Inc. - $80.00
- -0.22%
- $79.72
Shares of Visa Inc. rose Thursday after the credit card processor handily beat Wall Street expectations and posted a 71 percent jump in second-quarter profit.

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SBUX
Starbucks Corpora - $21.41
- -0.56%
- $21.39
Shares of Starbucks Corp. jumped Thursday after the coffee chain said its sales in the fiscal second quarter fell less sharply than at the end of last year.

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BARE
Bare Escentuals - $13.52
- -0.73%
- $13.59
Shares of Bare Escentuals Inc. soared Thursday following the cosmetics company's better-than-expected first-quarter earnings results.

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ASCA
Ameristar Casinos - $17.82
- -0.72%
- $17.81
Shares of Ameristar Casinos Inc. reached a fresh 52-week high Thursday as a Goldman Sachs analyst upgraded the casino operator on its first-quarter results and regional presence.

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K
Kellogg Co - $53.12
- +0.26%
- $53.03
Shares of the world's largest cereal maker, Kellogg Co., rose on Thursday after the company said its first-quarter profit increased on cost cutting measures and beat analyst estimates.
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