Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 17, 2006)

November 17, 2006 by Douglas A. McIntyre

(ADSK) Autodesk revenues $457M vs $457.25M(e); guides inline; subscription revenues up 50%; stock rose 5%.(AME) Ametek gets positive radiation detection article from Business Week.(AMED) Amedisys 3M share secondary priced at $41.50.(ANN) Ann Taylor $0.54 EPS vs $0.52e.(AW) Allied Waste 33M share secondary priced at $12.75.(CHFN) Charter Financial announced self tender of 1M shares at $43 low and $52 high.(CONR) Conor Medsystems trading up 19%as J&J gives it a $33.50 buyout.(CPWM) Cost Plus -$0.53 EPS vs -$0.45e; sees Q4 $0.84-1.03 vs $1.09e.(CTRN) Citi Trends $0.20 EPS vs $0.16e.(DNA) Genetech wins additional breast cancer expanded use from FDA.(EGLT) Eagle Test Systems $0.44 EPS vs $0.36e.(EXEL) Exelixis billary tract tumor phase III study halted.(FSLR) First Solar 20M share IPO priced at $20.00.(GPS) Gap Stores $0.23 EPS vs $0.22e;(HAL) Halliburton noted positively in Barron’s Online.(HIBB) Hibbett Sporting Goods $0.31 EPS vs $0.28e.(HPQ) Hewlett-Packard $0.68 EPS vs $0.64e; SEC formally investigates board over pre-texting scandal.(INTU) Intuit -$0.12 EPS vs -$0.12e.(ISIS) Isis Pharma gets positive drug article in Business Week.(MRVL) Marvell trading down 5% after results and guidance; still delaying quarterly filings.(NMX) NYMEX 6.5M share IPO priced at $59.00, above the alreadty raised $54 to $57 range.(NRF) Northstar Realty 16M share secondary priced at $14.95.(NWACQ) Northwest Airlines positive article as buyout candidate in Business Week.(ORH) Odyssey Re filed to sell 9M shares.(PLSB) Placer Sierra Banc losing #1 mortgage depositor by June of 2007; 12.6% of total deposits and 30.2% of non-interest bearing deposits.(RDY) Dr. Reddy’s 12.5M share secondary priced at $16.00, yesterday’s close was $16.45.(SBUX) Starbucks trading down 7% as revenues were a hair light and guidance was same as before.(SJM) J.M.Smucker $0.83 EPS vs $0.85e.(SVM) Service master holder reportedly asking company to seek a buyer.(VITA) Orthovita 7.7M share secondary priced at $3.25.(VQ) Venoco IPO priced 12.5M shares at $17.00, under the $19 to $21 range.(VTAL) Vital Images 3M share secondary priced at $31.00.(XIDE) Exide filed to sell 28M shares.(YHOO) Yahoo! buys BIX.COM (private) to allow users and advertisers to judge contests.

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