The news pushed Big Blue's shares up 16.2 percent in the final two trading days of the week, to $199.75.

The sale, worth $2.4 billion, pushed Vivendi's shares up by over 5 percent after months of declines.

But other small funds continue to believe that sales representatives are needed to push their shares, despite their performance.

He said opening trading could push the baseball team's shares up about 8 percent, or about $1 a share, over the offering price.

Wall Street was not pleased with the deal, pushing the company's shares down $2.375, to $25.75.

In recent weeks, the speculation helped push its shares from about $42 a share to more than $50.

Disappointed by the results, investors pushed Citigroup's shares down more than 4 percent, to $45.69.

The results are worse than many analysts had expected, and investors pushed the company's shares down more than 6 percent.

Investors were so relieved that they pushed the bank's shares up $1.88, to $50.94.

The announcement yesterday pushed its shares down $2.04, to $33.49 a share.