(AAPL) Apple may be renegotiating with Cisco over the iPhone trademark; reports showing more requests for information over stock options.
(AMZN) Amazon traded up 2% initially but now down almost 3% after earnings.
(APC) Anadarko is selling natural gas assets in TX and OK for some $860 million.
(BORL) Borland Software announces the pricing of its offering of $175M Convertible Senior Notes.
(BZ) Bairnco $12.00 offer from Steel Partners II was raised to $13.35.
(CAM) Cameron $0.92 EPS vs $0.87e.
(CGPI) CollaGenex Pharm announces positive results of Phase 4 clinical study evaluating effects of Oracea.
(CMG) Chipotle was noted positively again by Jim Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(CROX) Crocs signed licensing pact with Nickelodeon for Spongebob Squarepants.
(DRAX) Draxis Health’s radiopharmaceuticals division applies to FDA to market cardiac imaging product.
(EOP) Equity Office is reaffirming the commitment to the Blackstone bid rather than the Vornado bid.
(ERTS) Electronic Arts traded up 6% after beating earnings expectations.
(HRBN) Harbin Electric traded up 10% ahead of NASDAQ listing.
(ISRG) Intuitive Surgical traded up 15% after beating earnings.
(NYX) NYSE reported $0.29 EPS , but $0.45 before items; estimates were $0.46.
(R) Ryder $1.09 EPS vs $1.09e; company guides slightly lower.
(RACK) Rackable Systems down 11% after 2007 guidance was light.
(RADN) Radyne received a $4M order.
(RESP) Respironics lost a manufacturing contract from Vital Signs to a Chinese manufacturer.
(SBUX) Starbucks was noted a bit cautiously for near-term traders by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(SPG) Simon Properties $1.57 EPS vs $1.55e; although guidance looks 1% to 2% light for 2007.
(TBIO) Transgenomic filed patent applications directed to somatic mutations which may be useful as predictive biomarkers for various cancers.
(WR) Westar raised guidance.
(YRCW) YRC Worldwide traded up 6% after earnings and guidance.
Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 2, 2007)
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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.
TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.
McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.