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Pre-Market Stock News (APR 23, 2007)

(ABN) ABN AMRO is being acquired by Barclays in largest international banking deal ever.
(ABI) Applied Biosystems announced a new proteomics tool for biomarker research.
(AGIX) AtheroGenics has been notified that its collaboration of AGI-1067 has ended with AstraZeneca.
(AMT) American Tower has set security sales now at some $1.75 Billion.
(BAC) Bank of America is buying LaSalle Bank for $21 Billion from ABN AMRO as part of the ABN-Barcalys merger.
(BOBJ) Business Objects is acquiring private Cartesis for about $300 million.
(BOH) Bank of Hawaii $0.94 EPS vs $0.93e.
(BRLN) Syntax-Brillian expanded its HD pact with ESPN.
(BYI) Bally Tech gets expanded technology contract with Las Vegas Sands in Las Vegas, Macau, and Singapore.
(CHCI) Comstock Homebuilding has seen preliminary results of home sales: sees $117.1 million in backlog; sees net new orders at 71 homes and cancellations were 74 homes.
(CNH) CNH Global $0.44 EPS vs $0.31e.
(CPHD) Cepheid gets pact from Instrumentation Laboratory for an exclusive development and distribution agreement for molecular diagnostic tests in Hemostasis.
(DKAM) Drinks Americas has begun shipping its Trump Super Premium Vodka to Texas, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and Mississippi.
(FTEK) Fuel Tech was named by Jim Cramer on MAD MONEY as his #1 speculative environmentally friendly investment play.
(HAS) Hasbro $0.19 EPS vs $0.01e.
(IPX) INterpool to be acquired by Fortress Investment Group for $27.10 per share.
(MEDI) MedImmune is being acquired by AstraZeneca for some $15+ Billion in cash, at $58.00 per share in cash.
(NYSE) NYSE is starting its electronic bond trading for retail today.
(PHRM) Pharmion announced that the multi-center, open label Phase 1 clinical trial of single dose oral azacitidine in patients with M.D.S, A.M.L and malignant solid tumors has been successfully completed, and the co will be initiating the planned multi-dose Phase 1 trial.
(PVTB) Private Bancorp $0.41 EPS vs $0.43e.
(SCON) Superconductor Tech has been awarded as US Airforce Contract of $4.7 million to develop Semiconductor-Tuned High Temperature Superconducting Filters for Ultra- Sensitive Radio Frequency Receivers. (STAA) Staar Surgical sees revenues for the quarter at $14.8 to $14.9 million versus $15 million estimates.
(USBE) US BioEnergy Corp. has started construction of its eight ethanol plant that is located in Dyersville, Iowa.
(WMT) Wal-Mart is denying the surveillance accusations over the last few weeks.

Jon C. Ogg
April 23, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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