Wednesday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks

Atlanta, GA 5/23/12 (StreetBeat) -- Below are some of Wednesday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks:

Gainers

RailAmerica Inc. (NYSE: RA +8.00%) shares added 6%. Late Tuesday, the freight-railroads operator said that it was pursuing strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the company. It has hired Deutsche Bank as its financial adviser.

Shares of gamemaker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO +6.36%) rose 8.2%. Late Tuesday, the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and disclosed an outlook for a loss, but investors focused on better-than-expected revenue generated in the company’s March quarter.

PetSmart Inc. (Nasdaq: PETM +10.32%) gained 10% following financial results that one analyst described as a “howler” of a first quarter. The firm beat analyst expectations as all aspects of its business grew.

Guess Inc. (NYSE: GES +4.30%) shares rose 6.3% on Wednesday. The clothing retailer said on Tuesday after the market closed that its first-quarter profit fell 38% from a year ago, but it topped analyst expectations.

Decliners

Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL -17.11%) shares fell nearly 16%. On Tuesday, the computer maker posted first-quarter results that came in below expectations, with the company’s chief financial officer pointing to challenges in its business.

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Take-Two (Nasdaq: TTWO) shares jump as analysts see GTA window

Orlando, FL 5/23/12 (StreetBeat) -- Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO +8.15%) saw its shares jump 7.8% to $12.02 on Wednesday morning. The videogame publisher reported a wider-than-expected loss for its fourth fiscal quarter late Tuesday, along with a forecast for the current period that was below Wall Street's expectations. Analysts, however, cued in to the expected release of "Grand Theft Auto V," which many now expect to take place in March of 2013 -- the tail end of the company's fiscal year.”

Although management did not provide a release date or window for GTA V, its Fiscal '13 revenue guidance is unattainable without a huge seller from Rockstar," wrote Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities, referring to the develepment studio behind the GTA franchise.

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LargeCap Stocks to Keep an Eye on Today

Tomahawk, WI 8/9/2011 (PennyPayDay) -- Entertainment company Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is expected to report third-quarter profit of 73 cents a share after the markets close Tuesday vs. 67 cents a share a year ago.

Shares were rising 1.2% to $33.41 in premarket trading Tuesday.

Transatlantic Holdings (NYSE: TRH) said late Monday that the takeover offer from National Indemnity , a unit of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, doesn't constitute a superior offer but said it would "engage in discussions" with National Indemnity.

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway's B shares were rising 0.9% to $67.25.

HSBC (NYSE: HBC) confirmed Tuesday it is in talks about a sale of its card and retail services business in the U.S.

Shares were down 0.2% to $42.73.

Solar products company SunPower Corp (NASDAQ: SPWRA) is expected to report second-quarter loss of 19 cents a share vs. profit of 15 cents a share a year ago.

Game developer Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) posted a non-GAAP profit of $2 million, or 2 cents a share, for the June-ended period, on revenue of $334.4 million, down from a year-ago equivalent profit of $40.9 million, or 43 cents a share, on revenue of $375.4 million.

The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was for earnings of 9 cents a share in the quarter on revenue of $351.2 million.

Software provider Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW) posted a non-GAAP loss of $5.9 million, or 5 cents a share, for its fiscal second quarter ended in June on revenue of $50.5 million. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was for a loss of 3 cents a share in the June period on revenue of $52.4 million.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) , the Canadian drug company, may be interested in buying Medicis Pharmaceutical, according to a report.

Education program provider Education Management Corp. (NASDAQ: EDMC) has been accused of engaging in improper recruitment methods to obtain more than $11 billion in U.S. student aid.

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