Pre-Market Stock Notes (DEC 27, 2006)

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(AAPL) Apple’s options probe apparently has potential faked documentation.
(BA) Boeing won a $1.5 Billion contract for Apache helicopters.
(BIOV) BioVeris announces license agreement with Baxter on meningitis.
(BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb announces licensing agreement with Otsuka Pharma in Japan on Type II Diabetes.
(BSG) BYSIS is reportedly considrring going private afterrecent troubles.
(CANM) Caneum was in a bid win team for part of a $5B government purchase contract.
(CDMS) Cadmus gets $24.75 buyout from Cenveo.
(CRXL) Crucell in cross-license pact with Merck.
(GVA) Granite Construction is part of a $420M highway contract win.
(HSP) Hospira launches generic version of Glaxosmithkline-GSK’s Zofran for cancer chemo nausea.
(KNTA) Kintera filed to sell 4M shares for holders.
(MNI) McClatchy agreed to sell the Star Tribune paper in Minneapolis for $530M.
(MNST) Monster Worldwide said it has completed all filings now to become current; will record $5M in one-time expenses.
(MRX) Medicis wins injectable wrinkle treatment approval from FDA.
(NBR) Nabors is reviewing stock options.
(OMRI) Omrix Biopharma files IND application with the FDA; received milestones.
(ULBI) Ultralife Batteries won $2.9M military battery contract.
(UNH) United Health options probe from SEC is now formal.

Jon C. Ogg
December 27, 2006

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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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