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Planes, trains and automobiles represent a number of the stocks moving higher as of midday on Thursday. Continental Airlines
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10%, CSX Corporation
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is enjoying a bounce of more than 8% and both Ford
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and General Motors
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are tacking on gains of more

than 5% and 6%, respectively halfway through trading.

Among the Nasdaq’s biggest midday movers is Joy Global
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, which is ahead by more than 8%. The company announced that it was doubling the size of its share buyback program to $2 billion.

Here is a list of stocks that have gained 20% or more so far in trading today.

Name Symbol % Up
Tvi Corporation TVIN +39.04
Equity Media Holdings Corporation EMDA +24.85
Dime Bancorp Inc. DIMEZ +23.17
Bigband Networks Inc. BBND +20.00

Here is a list of stocks that have lost 20% or more so far in trading today.

Name Symbol % Down
Fortress International Group Inc. FIGIW -46.57
China Cablecom Holdings Ltd. CABLW -43.18
Alsius Corporation ALUSW -42.00
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH -32.64
Kenexa Corporation KNXA -24.48
Chinacast Education Corporation CASTW -24.00
Psi Technologies Holdings Inc. PSIT -24.00
Irvine Sensors Corporation IRSND -21.62

Source: MarketWatch

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