Pre-Market Stock News (August 9, 2007)

August 9, 2007 by Douglas A. McIntyre

(AEO) American Eagle Outfitters s-s-s were -6% vs +4% est.
(AIG) AIG $1.64 EPS vs $1.61 est.; says comfortable with US mortgage market.
(ATPG) ATP Oil & Gas $0.39 EPS vs $0.05 est.; unsure if comparable.
(BBY) Best Buy reaffirmed fiscal guidance ahead of analyst meeting.
(BCRX) Biocryst -$0.24 EPS vs -$0.33 est.
(BIG) Big Lots s-s-s +5.2% vs $3.5% est.
(CHS) Chico’s FAS s-s-s -6.7% vs. -5% est.; sees revenues under plan.
(CLMS) Calamos Asset Mgmt. assets under management were $43.4 Billion; down from $43.8 B last month and down from $44.2 B last year.
(COST) Costco s-s-s +7% vs 5.5% est.
(CPB) Campbell Soup exploring alternatives for its Godiva Chocolate unit.
(CYPB) Cypress Bio $0.06 EPS vs $0.10 est.
(EAT) Brinker $0.57 EPS vs $0.49 est.
(ENN) Equity Inns $0.50 EPS vs $0.44 est.
(ENS) Enersys $0.30 EPS vs $0.26 est.
(ESPD) eSpeed $0.01 EPS vs $0.00 est.
(EXPE) Expedia did receive its full 25 million shares in a lowered share count dutch tender at $29.00 per share.
(GILT) Gilat Satellite $0.14 EPS vs $0.12 est.
(GLBC) Global Crossing $547 million revenues vs. $545M est; sees revenues in-line with 2007 targets.
(GPS) Gap Inc. s-s-s -7% vs -4.9% est.
(HOC) Holly Corp. $2.84 EPS vs $2.43 est.
(JCP) JCPenney s-s-s +10.8% vs +9.9% est.
(M) Macy’s s-s-s -1.4% vs -2% est.
(MIC) MacQuarie Infrastructure posted losses after items but was supposed to have gains; shares down 2%.
(NAT) Nordic American Tanker $0.78 EPS vs $0.67 est.
(PSUN) Pacific Sunwear s-s-s -4.6% vs +3% est.
(RMIX) US Concrete$0.18 EPS vs. $0.18 est.; guided in-line for Q3 and fiscal 2007.
(SPPI) Spectrum Pharma investigational new drug application accepted by FDA over its carcinoma treatment candidate.
(STP) Suntech Power $0.25 EPS vs $0.23 est.
(SUG) Southern Union $0.39 EPS vs $0.31 est.
(TLB) Talbots preliminary results were under plan and sees $0.00 EPS vs $0.02 est.
(URBN) Urban Outfitters $0.19 EPS vs $0.19 est.
(URRE) Urnaium Resources $0.02 EPS and $8 million revenues; no estimates.
(VFC) VF Corp noted positive by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(VG) Vonage -$0.12 before charges and -$0.22 net EPS vs -$0.34 est.; subscribers added only 57,000 to 2.45 million.
(VIAC) Viacell -$0.09 EPS vs -$0.13 est.
(VTR) Ventas $0.70 EPS vs $0.66 est.
(WMT) Wal-Mart s-s-s +1.9% vs +1.5% est.
(WON) Westwood One $0.08 EPPS vs $0.07 est.
(WTSLA) Wet Seal s-s-s -1.7% vs. -5% est.
(ZLC) Zales $488M revenues vs. $481M est.

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