That figure may increase to 290,000 shares based on the stock's trading price before the deal closes, which is expected in about a month.

For the typical investor those shares, based on yesterday's closing price of $4.30, would be worth $825.6 million.

Momentum players buy shares based on their price movement rather than underlying fundamentals like earnings.

Shares of Enron, based in Houston, rose 25 cents, to $35.25.

Shares of Boeing, based in Seattle, rose $1.3125, to $40.125.

The shares of the company, based in Cambridge, rose $1 each today, to $18, in over-the-counter trading.

Shares of Mellon, based in Pittsburgh, fell 94 cents to close at $35.27.

New York City's share of payments, based on Medicaid expenditures, would be 60 percent, or more than $12 billion.

Shares of Halliburton, based in Houston, gained 13 cents to $38.74.

The shares of Gap, based in San Francisco, were up $3.625 yesterday, to $47.50.