Major Market Movers – November 18

HBAN, FITB, VVUS, ATVI, DRYS, DELL, DTV, LMDIA, COMS, CSCO, JBLU, RIMM, PARD, CMCSA, ADSK

As of 11/18/2009 4:00 PM

Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) $3.92 +2.89% Huntington Insurance Unit Expands in Michigan

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) $10.16 +2.63% Fifth Third Bank appoints Jean Hilliard as senior vice president, director of National Treasury Management Sales

VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) $8.77 +2.33% VIVUS shares jumped after announcing its erectile dysfunction drug candidate avanafil reached its key goal in study

Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) $11.87 +1.54% “Call of Duty” Sales raked in $550 million in sales in 5 days

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) $7.14 +1.26% DryShips to acquire two Panamax vessels for an aggregate price of $75.76 million

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) $16.06 +0.69% Dell to release its Q3 earnings on Thursday after market close

The DIRECTV Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DTV) $31.04 +0.36% DirecTV’s new chief to start on Jan. 1

Liberty Media Corp. (NASDAQ: LMDIA) $35.79 -0.03% Conference call slated for November 19

3Com Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS) $7.49 -0.13% Lawsuit claims 3Com is undervaluing itself

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) $24 -0.37% Tandberg deal is very strategic, senior executive says

JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ: JBLU) $5.47 -0.55% JetBlue Airways and The Hertz Corp. announce an online promotion

Research In Motion Limited (USA) (NASDAQ: RIMM) $59.85 -2.52% Research In Motion gets a downgrade

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: PARD) $2.38 -4.03% Poniard Pharmaceuticals provides updates on mid-stage study of picoplatin in colorectal cancer; new phase 1 cardiac safety trial; shares downgraded to Hold at Canaccord Adams

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) $15.13 -2.45% New season of Celtics On Demand returns exclusively to Comcast; Company set to compete with ESPN at local level

Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) $24.20 -10.37% Autodesk shares down after announcing lower Q3 earnings late Tuesday