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Price: $34.92 Day’s high: $35.28 Low: $34.70 Intel
The semiconductor maker promises a 40% performance boost over its predecessor with its new eighth generation of Core line chips. It claimed its new chip was “once-in-a-decade,” and laptops built with the chips would be available in September.
Price: $68.04 Day’s high: $69.39 Low: $66.62 Herbalife
The nutrition supplements company revealed it was in talks to go private (those talks have ended), announced a new $600 million share buyback plan and a deal with its biggest investor, Carl Icahn. With the news, shares jumped to August’s high.
Price: $45.71 Day’s high: $46.09 Low: $45.41 American Airlines Group
The airliner, already under pressure from discounters, is feeling added pressure as European budget airliners such as Norwegian Air adds more flights. American cited low-cost competitors as one reason for a second-quarter drop.