semiconductor maker nvidia jumped 8%. despite the sell-off we've seen over the past month, shares are up 25% since the start of this year. investment firm needham calls the worries about apple's ipad hurting sales of tablets using nvidia's chips "overblown." micron also rallied, with an upbeat outlook on computer memory prices, thanks to tablets and smartphones. shares jumped more than 8%. software firm red hat rallied 18% on strong earnings. and hewlett-packard led the dow industrial gainers with this 2% increase. there was plenty of action after the close with blackberry maker research in motion beating the street by two cents per share. but revenue was a little light, and its outlook for this quarter was disappointing. networking analyst at evercore partners alkesh shah is optimistic about the rest of the year, thanks in part to its new tablet, the playbook. >> we think the second half of the year that new blackberries that can run android applications, so over 150,000 android applications, and when new tablets are int

chip stocks got a boost from micron technologies sending its shares and fellow chipmaker nvidia 8% higheron the jobs front, the government reported fewer folks applied for unemployment, the fourth week in a row. after the bell, a 78% jump in oracle's net income sent its shares sharply higher in late trade. but it wasn't all good news. best buy slipped 5% despite earnings that beat the street, thanks in part to weak same-store sales here in the u.s. also after the bell, blackberrymaker research in motion tumbled in extended trade after failing to impress investors with its current forecast. >>> the u.s. postal service delivered a grim message thursday. it's doing away with some 7,500 jobs this year and shutting down seven district offices. >>> elsewhere, for the first time ever, federal reserve chief ben bernanke will now hold a news conference after each of the central bank's quarterly interest rate meetings. >>> and finally, oh, my god, it's official. the oxford english dictionary now includes the initialisms omg and lol. it's just a matter of time, right? what's more interesting, though

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