Pre-Market Stock News (August 8, 2007)

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

(ABTL) Autobytel -$0.12 EPS vs -$0.16 est.
(AGU) Agrium $1.70 EPS vs $1.58 est.
(ALLT) Allot -$0.01 EPS vs $0.01 est.
(BNI) Burlington got an additional 1.6 million shares purchased by Berkshire Hathaway, about a 5% add to the stake held.
(BRCD) Brocade lowered GAAP EPS revenue targets for Q3; stock was down 3% but now up 2% as GAAP estimates look higher on the low-end.
(BRCM) Broadcom chipsets chosen by Nokia for EDGE phones.
(BRL) Barr Pharma $0.84 EPS vs. $0.72 est.
(CRZO) Carrizo Oil & Gas $0.23 EPS vs $0.20 est.
(CSCO) Cisco Systems trading up 6% above $31.00 after beating estimates and raising growth rates for fiscal 2008.
(DELL) Dell will sell PC’s that can run Linux and Windows simultaneously next year.
(ELOS) Syneron won FDA approval for its Vela platform for temporary reduction of circumference.
(FWLT) Foster Wheeler $1.41 EPS vs. $1.33 est.
(HANS) Hansen Natural $0.47 EPS vs $0.37 est.
(HLYS) Heelys traded down 30% after lowered guidance ahead.
(IWA) Iowa Telecom $0.20 EPS vs. $0.23 est.
(JASO) JA Solar $0.21 EPS vs $0.18 est.; raised guidance.
(KWK) Quicksilver Resources $0.38 EPS vs $0.31 est.
(LAMR) Lamar Advertising $0.19 EPS vs $0.20 est.
(LEAP) Leap Wireless traded down 15% after soft revenues and lowered guidance; lower subscriber growth and higher churn rates.
(MEK) Metretek $0.02 EPS vs $0.08 est.
(REGN) Regenron granted priority review by FDA over Rilonacept for CAPS treatment.
(S) Sprint NexTel $0.25 EPS vs $0.22 est.; was $0.01 after items.
(SKYW) SkyWest $0.62 EPS vs $0.60 est.
(TOL) Toll Brothers showed drops in orders and backlogs.
(UN) Unilever noted as good core defensive stock by Cramer on Mad Money.
(UPL) Ultra Petroleum $0.31 EPS vs. $0.28 est.
(VMED) Virgin Media reported results overseas; no indications seen.
(WR) Westar $0.36 EPS vs $0.33 est.

Jon C. Ogg
August 8, 2007

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

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

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.

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