Oxford, MS 9/26/2011 (PennyPayDay) – Investor Carl Icahn withdrew his slate of nominees for the board of cleaning products maker Clorox, essentially backing off his bid to engineer a sale of the company.In a Form 13D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Icahn said the decision was made "after concluding that a considerable base of shareholders would not support their stated campaign at this time."
Shares were slumping 5.5% to $65.60 in premarket trading Monday.
Online move rental company Netflix could unveil Monday a new streaming deal with DreamWorks Animation, the company behind the "Shrek" films, reports say.
Netflix shares were gaining 4.9% to $135.65.
Shares of UBS were rising 3.7% to $11.67 after the Swiss bank appointed Sergio Ermotti as interim CEO after a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss forced the resignation of Oswald Gruebel over the weekend.
Boeing announced Sunday it had made contractual delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways of Japan.
Shares were rising 1.7% to $60.50.
Online retail giant Amazon will hold a press even in New York this week, and rumors are swirling that it will finally unveil its highly-anticipated tablet. Rumors have been circulating for several months that the e-commerce giant is readying itself to launch a tablet to rival Apple's iPad.
Shares were adding 1.6% to $227.26.
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