BB&T Corp. (BBT) : BB&T may rise as the Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based bank’s asset quality improves and its earnings increase, Barron’s reported in its “The Trader” column.

Equity Residential (EQR) : Equity Residential, the largest publicly traded U.S. apartment landlord, said it will acquire a 26.5 percent stake in closely held Archstone for $1.33 billion in cash.

GSV Capital Corp. (GSVC US): The U.S. investment Fund, which owns stakes in venture-based companies such as Zynga Inc. and Facebook Inc., may be attractive to investors who can tolerate some risk as more social media, green technology and education companies prepare to go public, Barron’s reported.

Guess? (GES US): The clothing retailer may be attractive after concern over a sales slowdown in Europe and the U.S. pushed the share price below $30, Barron’s reported in its “The Trader” column.

Intralinks Holdings Inc. (IL) : Discovery Group LLC reported a 5.8 percent stake in the software maker and may seek talks with management, the board and shareholders.

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (MRX) : The drug company that makes wrinkle treatments and acne medicine forecast 2011 profit of as much as $2.39 a share, compared with the average analysts’ estimate of $2.35.

OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) : Moody’s Investors Service changed its outlook for the U.S. office-supplies retailer to stable from negative, citing expectation that the Naperville, Illinois-based company’s operating performance is likely to improve.

Staples Inc. (SPLS) : The world’s largest office products company may rise to as high as $22 in the next year if the economy improves and companies spend more on office supplies, Barron’s reported.

SuccessFactors Inc. (SFSF) : SAP AG agreed to buy SuccessFactors for $40 a share, or 52 percent more than the closing price on Dec. 2, to extend its reach in the market for cloud computing.

To contact the reporter on this story: Inyoung Hwang in New York at ihwang7@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Nick Baker at nbaker7@bloomberg.net.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-02/intralinks-holdings-medicis-officemax-u-s-equity-preview-for-dec-5.html

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