5 – Bank of the Carolinas – NASDAQ:BCAR

4 – Petroleo Brasileiro – NYSE:PBR

3 – Research In Motion Limited – NASDAQ:RIMM

2 – Citigroup – NYSE:C

1 – Las Vegas Sands – NYSE:LVS

* Bank of the Carolinas is the first stock on the HIGH 5 on Christmas Eve. Shares of BCAR added 1.4 percent to $4.97 yesterday.

* Brazil's state-controlled energy firm Petrobras bought a 40.4 percent stake in a mill that produces ethanol biofuel from sugar cane, the company said on Tuesday. Shares of PBR climbed 2.6 percent to $47.05 the following day on the NYSE.

* Research In Motion's Blackberry Internet service was disrupted from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning — the second failure in a less than a week. RIMM rose .6 percent to $67.61 on the Nasdaq yesterday.

* Citigroup on Wednesday repaid $20 billion in bailout money and received a government ruling that it's no longer covered by the pay restrictions imposed on companies receiving the most rescue money. Shares of C fell 1.5 percent to $3.29 on the NYSE.

* Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson said earlier this week that he expects to restart construction on the casino operator's delayed resort projects in Macau in about five months. Shares of LVS shot up 1.9 percent to $15.60 on Wednesday.

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