• GM (NYSE:GM) priced its IPO at the upper end of its range at $33 per share, and expanded the number of shares being offered to 478 million
• Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD) reported a wider third quarter loss than expected at $1.98 versus the expected $1.07, on revenues of $9.68 billion, off projections of $9.95 billion
• Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS) posted one-cent besting third quarter results of $0.41, on in-line revenues of $6.5 billion
• Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) announced nickel-better fiscal fourth quarter earnings of $0.36 on revenues of $2.89 billion, up from estimates of $2.6 billion
• Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter earnings of $0.77, up from estimates of $0.70, on revenues of $559 million, up from estimates of $510 million
• JM Smucker (NYSE:SJM) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.38 that topped estimates of $1.32, on revenues of $1.27 billion, shy of estimates of $1.3 billion
• Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) reported third quarter earnings of $0.35 that bested estimates of $0.31, on revenues of $816 million, ahead of estimates of $798 million
• Humana (NYSE:HUM) said it sees FY11 earnings of between $5.35 and $5.55 per share
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