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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 7/28: SPSS, VECO, VM, ARIA Higher; USU, TRID, CERS, ISYS Lower

 Jul 28, 2009 04:24 PM UTC
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SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) <font>40.5% HIGHER;</font> IBM (NYSE: IBM) and SPSS announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement for IBM to acquire SPSS, a publicly-held company headquartered in Chicago, in an all cash transaction at a price of $50/share, resulting in a total cash consideration in the merger of approximately $1.2 billion. Click here for the full report.

USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) <font>33.9% LOWER;</font> announced this morning that the U.S. Department of Energy will not proceed with USEC's application for a loan guarantee to complete construction of the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon


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