Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, July 16, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of USANA Health Sciences Inc. tumbled Wednesday after a firm controlled by the company's chief executive ended its bid to buy the nutritional supplement and skin care products maker.
NEW YORK (AP) _ ViroPharma Inc. shares wavered Wednesday as Wall Street took a second look at the company's buyout of Lev Pharmaceuticals and Lev's drug candidate Cinryze.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. jumped Wednesday after two analysts upgraded the shares based on rosier expectations for the Asian-themed restaurant company.
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Shares of Precision Castparts Corp., which makes metal components for aerospace markets, rose Wednesday with the broader market as oil prices continued to fall and a stream of new aircraft orders was announced.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. rose Wednesday _ a climb one analyst attributed to a drop in oil prices and rumors that a new version of the company's e-reader device, Kindle, will be released in the fall.