Among the stock activity stories for Friday, May 2, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Monster Worldwide Inc. rose Friday after the online job service said its first-quarter profit fell but revenue and adjusted profit beat Wall Street estimates.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Bankrate Inc. fell sharply on Friday after two analysts downgraded the publisher of financial Web sites following its better-than-expected first-quarter results.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. jumped Friday after the Israeli information-technology services provider posted solid first-quarter results and an outlook one analyst called "respectable."
NEW YORK (AP) _ Wyndham Worldwide Corp.'s stock climbed Friday as analysts were relatively pleased with the hotel operator's first-quarter results amid an uncertain economy.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) _ Shares of Dynamic Materials Corp. tumbled Friday, after the industrial metalworking company said its first-quarter profit rose 7.4 percent, but issued a disappointing guidance.