(A) Agilent $0.46 EPS vs $0.49e.(ABT) Abbott Labs received FDA approval for expanded indications of Humira.(AEOS) American Eagle Outfitters $0.66 EPS vs $0.65e.(AH) Armor Holdings wins $32 million contract with Philadelphia.(ALXN) Alexio gets FDA priority review status for Soliris.(BJ) BJ’s Wholesale $0.32 EPS vs $0.26e.(BKD) Brookdale Senior Living -$0.34 EPS vs -$0.29e.(BOBE) Bob Evans Farms $0.36 EPS vs $0.39e.(CMED) China MedTech $0.33 EPS vs $0.28e; filed to sell $100M in convertible notes.(DHI) DR Horton $0.88 EPS vs $0.70e; unsure if comparable b/c has items.(DHT) Double Hull Tankers $0.28 EPS vs $0.26e.(DKS) Dick’s Sporting Goods $0.14 EPS vs $0.06e; buying Golf Galaxy.(EGLE) Eagle Bulk Shipping has a 2.5M share secondary.(ESLT) Elbit $0.45 EPS vs $0.42e.(EXFO) EXFO Electro started as Overweight at CIBC.(GGXY) Golf Galaxy is being acquired by Dick’s Sporting Goods.(GI) Giant Foods $3.00 EPS vs $2.65e.](GOOG) Google already closed the YouTube acquisition; total allocation was 3.217 million shares and option/warrants for 442,000+ shares.(HD) Home Depot $0.73 EPS vs $0.75; s-s-s -5.1%; sees FY EPS under target; stock trading down 3%.(HERO) Hercules has a 7.5M share secondary.(HGSI) Human Genome Science announced positive LymphoStat-B in Phase II studies.(IBAS) iBasis R$133.5M vs $132.5M(e); sees annual $510-520M vs $512M(e).(JNJ) J&J filed for up to $10 Billion in debt sales.(LORL) Loral Space filed for $500 million in securities mixed sales.(LWSN) Lawson approved $100M for stock buybacks.(MSFT) Microsoft’s Zune hits shelves today to compete with iPod.(MOVI) Movie Gallery R$583M vs $555M(e).(MXRE) Max Re Capital $0.42 EPS vs $0.32e.(NTPA) Netopia being acquired by Motorola for $7.00 per share.(NTY) NBTY $0.54 EPS vs $0.42e; unssure if comparable.(QTWW) Quantum Fuel registered 10+ million shares for potential sale by holders.(REGN) Regeneron filed to sell 7+ million shares.(REVU) Princeton Review posted a loss instead of a gain.(ROC) Rockwood Holdings $0.29 EPS vs $0.33e.(SNH) Senior Housing filed to sell 5M shares of stock.(SKS) Saks $0.05 EPS vs $0.03e.(SPLS) Staples $0.36 EPS vs $0.36e, guiding toward higher end of range.(TBL) Timberland may be selling itself according to WSJ.(TGT) Target $0.59 EPS vs $0.55e; trading up 2% after maintaining 4-7% s-s-s gains.(TOA) Technical Olympic reported a loss after items.(VOD) Vodafone posts loss for first half on charges in Germany.(WCRX) Warner Chilcott announced it is licensing rights to Schering AG.(WMT) Wal-Mart $0.62 EPS vs $0.60e; said Q4 s-s-s will be +1 to +2%; stock up almost 2%.
Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 14, 2006)
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