Pre-Market Stocks in the News (DEC 15, 2006)

(AAPL) Apple delayed its 10-K filing over options review.
(ADBE) Adobe trading up 6% after beating earnings estimates.
(AEZ) American )&G positive in Business Week.
(AFFY) Affymax 3.7M underwriting priced at $25.00.
(AFFX) Affymetrix CFO resigned to join another company.
(AIMC) Altra Holdings 10M share IPO priced at $13.50, under the range.
(APN) Applica has a cash tender starting at $6.50 per share from NACCO Industries.
(AVNC) Advancis Pharma filed NDA for Amoxicillin Pulsys.
(AXTI) AXT Inc. 5.75M share secondary priced at $4.50.
(BDK) Black & Decker lowered quarterly guidance.
(BPUR) BioPure notified by FDA with recommendation against proceeding to Phase III studies.
(BSC) Bear Stearns increased share buyback plan by $500M to $2B.
(CBS) CBS is launching a records unit.
(CCJ) Cameco noted cautously in Barron’s online article.
(CDR) Cedar Shopping Centers 7.5M share secondary priced at $16.00.
(CPC) Central Parking $0.28 EPS vs $0.24e.
(CTCI) CT Communications t be added to the S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
(DBTK) Double-Take 7.5M share IPO priced at $11.00, top of range.
(DELL) Dell delayed a quarterly filing over its SEC review.
(ECHO) Electronic Clearing House being acquired for $18.75 by Intuit.
(ENCY) Encysive trading up 2% after responding to FDA over its Thelin review.
(FEIC) FEI Corp 8.4M share secondary priced at $25.00.
(FO) Fortune positive in Business Week.
(FRH) Freedom Acquisition 30M share IPO priced at $10.00.
(GSIC) GSI Commerce noted positively on Cramer’s MAD MONEY as the e-commerce winner.
(HD) Home Depot announced accelerated $3B repurchase plan.
(ICLR) ICON Plc raised guidance.
(ISLN) Isilon Systems 8.3M share IPO priced at $13.00.
(ITT) ITT raised its dividend, but 2006 target looks a tad shy of street estimates.
(JCG) J.Crew touted as positive on pullbacks last night on Cramer’s MAD MONEY.
(JCOM) J2 completed option investigation and found errors, but none were by misconduct.
(LSCC) Lattice Semi lowered guidance.
(MKSI) MKS Instruments to be added to S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
(OHI) Omega Health $0.32 EPS vs $0.29e.
(OMRI) Omrix has 2.25M share secondary pricing at $32.00.
(PRAI) PRA lowered guidance and announced its CEO is resigning.
(PYCO) Pure Cycle filed to sell 1.6M shares.
(RTN) Raytheon gets $1.4B radar contract from Army.
(SNDA) Shanda Interactive positive in Business Week.
(TAST) Carrolls Restaurant group 10M share IPO priced at $13.00, lower shares and lower price.
(USBE) US BioEnergy 10M share IPO priced at $14.00, under the range.
(YRCW) YRC Worldwide lowered guidance.
(ZIPR) ZipRealty announced its President/CFO leaving to pursue other business interests.

Jon C. Ogg
December 15, 2006