Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, March 5, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Omniture Inc. rose sharply Wednesday after the business software company announced a pact with Chinese search engine operator Baidu.com Inc. and hosted an analyst day that reassured Wall Street.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stifel Nicolaus & Co. upgraded Regions Financial Corp. Wednesday, saying the bank's shares have fallen so far, they're not likely to go lower.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged Wednesday after the company said it may have identified a group of patients who will respond to its HIV drug candidate bevirimat.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of soft drink bottler PepsiAmericas Inc. rose Wednesday after a Deutsche Bank analyst raised his rating on the stock, saying investors haven't given the company enough credit for its solid earnings performance.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of UCBH Holdings Inc., parent of United Commercial Bank, tumbled in Wednesday trading as analysts cut 2008 earnings estimates based on the bank's revision of loan-loss provisions taken during the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK (AP) _ CompuCredit Corp.'s stock slipped Wednesday after a Jefferies & Co. analyst downgraded the lender, saying more of its borrowers are failing to repay their debts.
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