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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE

H&R Block Inc., up 58 cents at $21.40

A record-setting tax season and the sale of its troubled mortgage unit helped the nation's biggest tax preparer swing to a quarterly profit.

Merrill Lynch & Co., down 99 cents at $31.71

A Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. analyst cut her second-quarter estimate and price target, expecting more credit write-downs.

Del Monte Foods Co., down 50 cents at $7.10

The maker of Kibbles 'n Bits will sell its seafood unit to a South Korean firm for $363 million to focus on higher-margin businesses.

Campbell Soup Co., up $1.28 at $33.46

The food maker expects 2008 profit to fall at the upper end of the range it previously expected and approved a $1.2 billion buyback.

Red Lion Hotels Corp., up 92 cents at $7.97

Shareholder Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund LP made a $9.50 per share, or $173.2 million, offer for the hotel operator.

NASDAQ

Yahoo Inc., down 67 cents at $20.66

The Internet company is starting to meet with its major shareholders in hopes of fending off activist investor Carl Icahn.

Level 3 Communications Inc., down 17 cents at $2.95

An analyst downgraded shares of the network services company to "Sell" on a weak economy and high stock price.

Electronic Arts Inc., up 49 cents at $44.43

An analyst upgraded shares of the video game publisher to "Buy" from "Hold" on a strong product lineup for the rest of the year.

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