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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock of Pathmark Stores Inc. jumped Thursday after a firm founded by billionaire investor Ron Burkle agreed to take a minority stake in the supermarket chain for $150 million.
The investment by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Yucaipa Cos. will allow Pathmark to upgrade existing stores and open new ones, Pathmark said.
Shares of Pathmark, of Carteret, N.J., rose $1.44, or 32 percent, to close at $5.92 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares started last year at $7.60, but fell to $3.20 in November.
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