Pre-Market Stock Notes (Nov. 8, 2006)

November 8, 2006 by Douglas A. McIntyre

(AAON) Aaon $0.43 EPS vs $0.36e.(ADG) Allied Defense Group filed to sell 1.7 million shares.(AIRM) Air Methods $0.71 EPS vs $0.58e.(AMT) American Tower put revenues at $333.5M vs $323.5M(e).(ARXT) Adams Respiratory $0.44 EPS vs $0.49e.(AUY) Yamana Gold $0.02 EPS vs $0.04e.A(ZPN) Aspen tech $0.07 EPS vs $0.06e.(BA) Boeing getting $2.1 Billion order for 4 AWAC jets.(BEXP) Brigham Exploration $0.08 EPS vs $0.07e.(BIDU) Baidu.com expanding deals with eBay and PayPal in China.(CBI) Chicago Bridge & Iron $0.33 EPS vs $0.29e.(CGPI) Collagenex -$0.59 EPS vs -$0.62e.(COSI) Cosi -$0.05 EPS vs -$0.07e.(CRFT) Craftmade Int’l $0.36 EPS vs $0.43e.(DNDN) Dendreon -$0.29 EPS vs -$0.31e.(EAGL) EGL $0.48 EPS vs $0.47e.(HCP) Healthcare Property Investors filed to sell 29 million shares.(HGSI) Human Genome Sciences -$0.41 EPS/R$6.7M vs -$0.41/$5.9M(e); showed positive tumor studies.(HOV) Hovnanian put 2006 guidance at $4.85-5.25 vs $5.03e.(HTRN) Healthtronics $0.03 EPS vs $0.01e.(IWA) Iowa Telecom $0.25 EPS vs $0.22e.(LAMR) Lamar $0.16 EPS vs $0.17e.(LEAP) Leap Wireless R$287.5M vs $291.4M(e).(LIZ) Liz Claiborne acquiring Kate Spade for some $124 million.(MNST) Monster Worldwide delayed its 10-Q filing over options review.(MRK) Merck trading lower after4 tax disputes over some $4 or $5 Billion.(MRX) Medicis received approval of acne gel from FDA.(MU) Micron gets grand jury subpoena from DOJ probe.(NOVL) Novell disclosed that it would receive $240 million from MSFT as part of SUSE Linux pact from last week.(NSM) National Semi put sequential revenues down 7-8% instead of down 2-5%.(NTBK) Netbank -$1.58 EPS vs -$1.55e.(OSIP) OSI Pharma plans to exit human eye business.(QLTI) QLT announces positive Phase IV trial of Aczone.(RITA) Rita Medical $0.00 EPS vs -$0.05e; stock up 12%.(SIRI) Sirius Satellite -$0.12/R$167.1M vs -$0.14/$167M(e); sees 6.3 million subscribers at year end; put 2006 revenues $615M vs $624M(e).(SYNM) Syntroleum registered 4.7 million shares for holders.(TRLG) True religion $0.37 EPS vs $0.44e.(TWTC) Time Warner Telecom -$0.06 EPS vs -$0.09e.(TWX) Time Warner acquires Relegence.(UBET) Youbet.com $0.02 EPS vs $0.05e.(WFMI) Whole Foods increased its share buyback program from $100 million to $200 million.(WW) Watson Wyatt $0.56 EPS vs $0.48e.(WYNN) Wynn R$318.1M vs $304M(e); EPS were -$0.01 vs $0.07e, but unsure if those were comparable.(XJT) ExpressJet $0.38 EPs vs $0.42e.(XTXI) Crosstex Energy $0.10 EPS vs $0.17e; unsure if comparable or if divested operations.

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