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Also: Santa Monica-based Activision Inc., a publisher and distributor of video-game software, said its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose sevenfold to $5.21 million, or 22 cents a share, from $689,000, or 3 cents, a year earlier. It was expected to earn 21 cents. Sales rose 69% to $115.2 million from $68.1 million.

* Priceline.com Inc., the Stamford, Conn.-based online auction site for airline tickets and hotel rooms, reported a first-quarter loss of $17.2 million, or 12 cents a share. Analysts had expected it to post a loss of 13 cents a share. Revenue was $49.4 million, topping analysts’ forecasts of about $43 million. There are no year-ago results, since the company began business in April 1998.