(ACOR) Acorda will conduct adfditional Phase III studies on its MS treatment for the FDA.
(ALGT) Allegiant Travel 5M share IPo priced at $18.00, above the $15-17 range.
(ANW) Aegean Marine 12.5M share IPO priced at $14.00, at the top of the range.
(APPB) Applebees raised its dividend.
(ARNA) Arena 11.5M share secondary was hiked from 8M shares to 11.5M and priced at $13.21.
(ATO) Atmos Energy 5.5M share secondary priced at $31.50.
(BCS) Barclays reported as potential takeover target of Bank of America.
(CAE) Cascade $0.95 EPS vs $0.89e.
(CENT) Central Garden & Pet traded down 10% after earnings were under plan on net basis.
(CHK) Chesapeake 30M share secondary today.
(CSCO) Cisco Systems said it is eyeing 12 potential acquisitions, but they are still digesting the SFA buyout.
(DLB) Dolby up 3% after Cramer called them the "Microsoft of digital media" and after saying the stock is going up.
(DTE) DTE lowered guidance and raised dividend.
(EBAY) eBaY traded up1% after cramer changed his position to positive.
(ENCY) Encysive Pharma received FDA approval to resume TBC3711 clinical studies.
(ESL) Esterline $0.71 EPS vs $0.67e.
(FBN) Furniture Brands trims guidance, but there may be a charge.
(GCI) Gannett positive in Business Week.
(HLYS) Heels 6.4M share IPO priced at $21.00, above the $16.00 to $18.00 range.
(HPQ) HP paid out $14.5M to California AG to settle civil cases on pre-texting.
(ICON) Iconics Brand 12M share secondary priced at $18.75.
(IDT)IDT $522.3M revenues versus $539M(e).
(IPAR) Inter Parfums positive in Business Week.
(IRM) Iron Mountain declared a 3-2 stock split.
(MFE) McAfee noted as takeover candidate in Business Week.
(MHGC) Morgan Hotel announced $50M allocated for a share buyback plan.
(MSFT) Microsoft’s Vista is reportedly allowing old Viruses to run freely so far.
(MWA) Mueller Water spin-off ratio was set at 1.65+shares per WLT share.
(NSM) National Semiconductor traded down 1% after earnings because of weak guidance.
(PAY) Verifone $0.32 EPS vs $0.29e.
(PNRA) Panera noted as a sell by Cramer.
(PRU) Prudential filed to sell $2B in convertible notes.
(SFC) Spirit Finance has an 8+M share secondary.
(TASR) Taser announced another lawsuit dismissal.
(WGOV) Woodward Governor in new diesel after treatment pact with Tenneco.
(WITS) Witness Systems CEO resigned over options inaccuracies.
(XLNX) Xilinx traded down almost 5% after taking down guidance at mid-quarter update.
Pre-Market Stock News (DEC 8, 2006)
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