Pre-Market Stock News (July 5, 2007)

(APOL) Apollo Group received notice from the SEC that its investigation has been completed and they do not intend to recommend any enforcement action.
(BOT) CBOT is sticking with recommendation of a CME merger over and ICE merger.
(CMPP) Champ’s Entertainment being acquired for $5.60 per share by F&H Acquisition.
(COGN) Cognos amends share buyback plan to be increased to total $400 million.
(DELL) Dell will soon start selling laptop and desktop PC’s in Asian retail chains and stores.
(HLT) Hilton Hotels is being acquired by Blackstone for $20 Billion, or $47.50 per share.
(HOT) Starwood Hotels trading up pre-market on hopes of a bid.
(HUN) Huntsman trading up pre-market on confirmed buyout interest from Apollo.
(JNY) Jones Apparel received $900M unsolicited rival bid for Barney’s.
(KO) Coca-Cola is approaching groups about buying Snapple from Cadbury-Schwepp’s.
(MSFT) Microsoft announced Xbox 360 Elite launch in Japan on October 11.
(PFCB) PF Chang’s Q2 revenues were $267.4M vs $270.5M estimate.
(PNRA) Panera’s Q2 sales were $253M vs $250.75M estimate.
(RIMM) R-I-M gets approval to sell Blackberry in China.
(RPRX) Repros Therapeutics’ peer reviewed journal article indicates Proellex exhibits potential for a new approach to breast cancer treatments.
(SNDA) Shanda Interactive acquired Aurora Tech, which operates two MMORPG’s in China.
(SU) Suncor Energy is targeting average oil sands production of 255,000 to 265,000 BPD in 2007.
(VOD) Vodafone trading down 1% on reports that Apple’s iPhone carrier will sign with O2, a unit of Spani’s Telefonica (TEF), as its exclusive wireless carrier.

Jon C. Ogg
July 5, 2007