* Symantec Corp. – rose as high as $41.70 in after-market trading (vs. regular close of $39.09). The maker of anti-virus software will be added to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, replacing Household International Inc.
* Union Pacific Corp. – fell as low as $54 in after-market trading (vs. regular close of $56.66). The railroad owner said Q1 earnings will be 58c to 60c a share. Analysts expected 69c, according to average Thomson Financial.
* Airborne Inc. – rose as high as $18.77 in after-market trading (vs. regular close of $18.05). S&P said it may raise its BBB- corporate credit ratings on Airborne and its Airborne Express Carrier. The ratings, which are under review, are one level above junk bonds.
* Altria Group – fell as low as $33.33 in after-market trading (vs. regular close of $33.59). S&P and Moody’s Investor Service put Altria debt, and that of its Kraft Foods Inc. subsidiary, on review for a possible downgrade.
* Goldman Sachs Group Inc. – the securities firm’s co-president, John Thornton, resigned. That leaves co-president John Thain as the leading candidate to succeed Henry Poulson as CEO.
* Intuit Inc. – rose as high as $39.18 in after-market trading (vs. regular close of $38.94). The software maker’s board authorized the repurchase of as much as $500mio of stock over the next three years.