shares of pinnacle and ameristar were each up over 20%. the day's big loser: research in motion. rimm shares tumbled nearly 23% to under $11. investors initially cheered its latest results out last night, but the selling kicked in today, after rimm's c.e.o. said the company's service-revenue model will change significantly next year. the service fees r.i.m. charges customers to use its network bring in over a third of the company's revenues. also caught in the selling today were shares of nokia. nokia and reasearch in motion announced they had settled one of their patent disputes. as part of the deal, rim agreed to make a one-time payment and continue to pay licensing fees. shares of nokia were down 4.5% to close just under $4 a share. facebook's instagram photo- service is doing an about-face: it's scrapping changes to its terms of service agreement that would have allowed it to sell photos posted by users. public backlash over those changes hit facebook shares: they fell 4% to $26.26. you'll remember it went public in june at $38 a share. and, t.j.x., parent of marshall's and t

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