(AZO) Auton Zone $1.73 EPS vs $1.68e.
(BA) Boeing may have new orders from Kuwait Airlines.
(BEAS) BEA Systems said it will have material non-cash charges against priior earnings because of stock options issues.
(BRLC) Syntax Brillian raised guidance.
(CENT) Central Garden & Pet to replace JLG in S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
(EMR) Emerson Electric up after being a feature buy on Cramer’s MAD MONEY.
(GMRK) Gulfmark has a 2M share secondary.
(HBC) HSBC may have slower revenue growth according to overseas reports.
(HSIC( Henry Schein lowered guidance.
(HT) Hersha has a 7M share secondary coming.
(ISCA) International Speedway is looking to open a track in Staten Island.
(LUX) Luxottica signed a new 10-year eyewear agreement.
(MSFT) Microsoft still sees 13-15% revenue growth.
(NSTK) Nastech payment from P&G deferred in study.
(NT) Nortel still on profit track for 2008 but 2007 will still be disappointing to many.
(PCLN) Priceline.com selling 3.8 million shares.
(PVG) Penn Virginia 6.3M share IPO priced at $18.50.
(SAFM) Sanderson Farms $0.39 EPS vs $0.28e; unsure if comparable.
(SCMR) Sycamore trading up 20% after significantly exceeding revenue targets.
(SIRI) Sirius trading down 7% after lowerinng subscriber forecasts.
(SNE) Sony launching blue-ray DVD sooner than expected.
(SNY) Sonofi’s Accomplia gets positive comments that have the stock up 1%.
(TOL) Toll Brothers profits down 44%, lowered 2007 profits; says worst of housing may be behind.
(TWX) Time Warner’s cable unit entered new $6B commercial paper program.
(UARM) Under Armour up after Cramer said its is a "buy to the ninth power" on MAD MONEY.
(WLT) Walter Ind. lowered guidance.
(XMSR) XM Satellite trading down 3.5% after SIRI lowered subscriber targets.
(YUM) YUM’s Taco Bell is responsible for several e.coli cases.
Pre-Market Stock Notes (DEC 5, 2006)
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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