* Altria - Philip Morris USA gained support of attorneys gen'l of 37 U.S. states who filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that a $12bn deposit req'd to appeal a judgment s/b cut
* RF Micro Devices - fell as low as $5.60 after hours (reg close $6.05) after saying it had a 4Q net loss of .05-.07 vs expected loss .01
* Kohl's Corp. - fell as low as $56.73 after hours (reg close $58.40) after CFO Patti Johnson resigned to become CFO of Gap's Old Navy div
* Viacom Inc. - The owner of the CBS television network will cut the size of its board and boost the number of independent directors. It also increased the bonuses paid to Chairman Sumner Redstone and President Mel Karmazin by 38 percent to $16.5 million each. Viacom rose 83 cents to $40.20
* Procter & Gamble – co. has $2.5 bln after Wella purchase
* GE - to expand wind energy business in Germany
* Qwest to finance sale of telephone-book unit with $3.5 billion of debt
* USFreightways Corp. - The trucking company's earnings from operations for Q1 ended Saturday were 10 cents to 16 cents a share, it said in a statement sent by Business Wire. The company had expected 22 cents to 30 cents. Stock rose $1.05 to $27.25