Among the stock activity stories for Friday, Feb. 1, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) Digital River Inc.'s stock sank to a new year low Friday after the e-commerce software company said its fourth-quarter earnings rose, but predicted first-quarter and 2008 results below Wall Street forecasts.
NEW YORK (AP) Shares of Altera Corp. soared Friday after the chip maker reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates, and projected first-quarter revenue also above estimates.
TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) Shares of Starent Networks Corp. jumped Friday afternoon after the company said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, beating Wall Street's expectations.
NEW YORK (AP) Shares of VeriSign Inc., which runs some of the Internet's core systems, rose Friday after the company reported adjusted quarterly profit that narrowly beat analyst estimates and detailed plans to divest all its noncore businesses.
NEW YORK (AP) Shares of Automatic Data Processing Inc. declined on Friday, after the payroll and tax filing processor said fiscal second-quarter profit slipped 2 percent, but said it expects 2008 sales above Wall Street estimates.

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Shares of some top computers companies were down at the close of trading: Apple Inc fell $1.86 or 1.1 percent, to $173.53.


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