Kmart Corp plummeted for a third day, losing US$0.90 to US$3.30 on concern the third-largest US discount chain lacks the funds to carry out CEO Chuck Conaway's turnaround plans.
Microsoft declined US$0.67 to US$68.61, giving up a 1.5 percent gain, after a US District Judge rejected Microsoft's offer to give public schools in poor neighborhoods $1 billion worth of computers to settle class-action lawsuits claiming it overcharged customers.



