Pre-Market Stock News (October 29, 2007)

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(ALJ) Alon USA lowered guidance.
(ARLP) Alliance Resource $0.83 EPS vs $0.78 est.
(ARXT) Adams Respiratory received FDA Approvable Letter for Mucinex With Codeine; expects FY08 net sales and EPS to be at the higher end of ranges.
(DCO) Ducommun $0.55 EPS vs $0.45 est.
(DJO) DJ Orthopedics $0.34 EPS vs $0.39 est.
(ENTG) Entegris $0.10 EPS vs $0.06 est., but lowered next quarter to $0.05-0.07 vs $0.09 est.
(GPS) Gap Inc. will convene Indian suppliers to reiterate prohibition of child labor after The Observer (UK) found children as young as 10 making clothes at a sweat shop in New Delhi.
(GW) Grey Wolf $0.17 EPS vs $0.18 est.
(HTZ) Hertz Global $0.65 EPS vs $0.58 est; sees upside to 2007.
(HUM) Humana trading up over 5% after beating estimates.
(KEG) Key Energy added 4300 million into a stock buyback plan.
(MER) Merrill Lynch CEO Stan Oneal is out, it appears.
(MRT) Morton’s Restaurant Group -$0.04 EPS vs -$0.04 est.
(NTE) Nam Tai Electronics beat earnings in Japan, but gave cautionary statements about environment.
(OSIS) OSI Systems awarded $14.0 mln phase 3 contract from EDO Corp.
(RSH) RadioShack $0.34 EPS vs $0.26 est.
(SCHN) Schnitzer Steel $1.28 EPS vs $1.21 est.
(SPG) Simon Properties $1.46 FFO vs. $1.42 est.
(SRP) Sierra Pacific $0.69 EPS vs $0.60 est.
(TSO) Tesoro said it will review tha Tracinda offer and provide a recommendation after the review.
(VMW) VMware up 1% on US Marine delpoyment of VMware.
(VZ) Verizon $0.63 EPS vs $0.62 estimates; added 202K net FiOS customers; raised buyback by $2.5 Billion; 1.8 million net wireless adds; Revenue rose to $23.77 Billion vers $23.67 Billion estimates.
(WINN) Winn-Dixie -$0.01 EPS vs -$0.22 est.

Jon C. Ogg
October 29, 2007

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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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