GE, GM, Yahoo, APP Pharma among big movers

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

NYSE

General Electric Co., up 19 cents at $27.10

The conglomerate's NBC Universal unit and two partners have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc. for undisclosed terms.

General Motors Corp., up 12 cents at $10.24

A deteriorating U.S. auto market may cause the automaker to drop some brands and make more white-collar job cuts.

Anheuser-Busch Cos., up 7 cents at $61.74

InBev will try to remove the company's entire board in its hostile, $46 billion takeover for the rival brewer.

Walt Disney Co., down 82 cents at $30.08

A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the stock and predicted weak attendance at the entertainment company's theme parks.

NASDAQ

Yahoo Inc., up $2.56 at $23.91

Microsoft Corp. is willing to resume negotiations for a takeover of the Internet company if shareholders oust its board.

APP Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $5.37 at $23.19

Fresenius SE is buying the generic drug maker for $3.7 billion in cash, or $23 per share, giving the German health care company more market exposure.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., down $4.02 at $43.18

The company posted disappointing results from a higher-dose trial of multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone in a late-stage study.

Bankrate Inc., down $4.12 at $28.89

The publisher of financial Web sites lowered its full-year sales outlook because of weakness in the financial markets which has hurt advertising.

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