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Pre-Market Stock News (JAN 3, 2007)

by Jon C. Ogg

(AGYS) Agilysys selling unit for almost $500M to Arrow Electronics.
(AMLN) Amylin received FDA Approval with Lilly on Byetta.
(ALVR) Alvarion CFO is leaving in Q2.
(CANI) Carreker gets $206M acquisition offer at $8.05 per share from Checkfree.
(CBRL) CBRL said DEC s-s-s were +2.5%.
(CMCSA) Comcast has completed its asset swap with Time Warner.
(CYTK) Cytokinetics in heart drug pact with Amgen.
(EAGL) EGL received a $36 going private offer from Chairman-led private equity group.
(ELNK) Earthlink in wireless pact with Google in reportedly near-win of wireless internet in San Francisco.
(GOOG) Google is close to winning wireless high speed internet in San Francisco after 9 months.
(HERO) Hercules Offshore CFo suffered a stroke.
(LEN) Lennar lowered guidance.
(NBR) Nabors guided the next quarter lower on nat gas prices.
(NICE) Nice Systems names new CFO.
(NSTC) Nastec raised $6M via unit sale of DBMotion.
(NUE) Nucor offered $1.07 billion in cash for Canada’s Harris Steel Group.
(QCOM) Qualcomm reportedly having antitrust issues in Korea.
(QDEL) Qdel names new CFO.
(RRD) R.R. Donnelley in joint acquisition of Von Hoffman (books and other education products) for $412 million in cash with Visant.
(SBUX) Starbucks is removing transfats from store foods.
(SIRI) Sirius said subscribers at end of 2006 were 6.024 million; said Q4 was cash flow positive.
(SIRI/XMSR) Sirius & XM may try to merge according to NYTimes (how many times can this be covered?).
(TWMC) Trans World Entertainment lowered guidance.
(TWX) Time Warner has completed asset swaps with Comcast.
(USPI) United Sugical Partners names new CFO.
(WMT) Wal-Mart is attempting to change worker scheduling; holiday sales exceeded expectations at +1.6%.

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