NEW YORK - Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., down 45 cents at $61.37
The largest U.S. underwriter of mortgage-backed bonds reported a lower fiscal fourth-quarter profit and recorded $3.5 billion in writedowns during the period.
Dow Chemical Co., up $2.64 at $44.39
The world's second largest chemical company will sell a 50 percent interest in five of its global businesses to Petrochemical Industries Co. for about $9.5 billion.
Dow Jones & Co., up 1 cent at $59.98
A $5 billion bid from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. got approval from shareholders of the Wall Street Journal publisher.
H&R Block Inc., up $1 at $18.42
The tax preparer recorded a wider fiscal second-quarter loss and take a $74.8 million restructuring charge related to its mortgage segment.

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