Pre-Market Stock Notes (DEC 28, 2006)

(AAPL) Apple’s options that were given to Steve Jobs in 2001 were reportedly falsified and were unapproved by the board, but he later surrendered those options as unexercised (Financial Times); Apple down 3%.
(ABMD) Abiomed indicated up after showing fake heart and other heart products on CNBC.
(AKAM) Akamai filed to sell 2.6M shares of stock for holders (may be refiling).
(ARO) Aeropostale positive IBD article.
(ARRY) Array Biopharma files IND for ARRY-520 for tumor regression
(ASIA) AsiaInfo won support system upgrade pact from China Telecom.
(CBF) CBRE Realty filed to sell 20M shares for holders.
(CMVT) Comverse Tech received notice of default because of filing delays.
(GS) Goldman Sachs raised $6.5 Billion for an infrastructure fund to purchase ports, utilities, and others.
(IBM) IBM & Siemens win a $9B German military IT order.
(KLAC) KLA Tencor noted that a board member Jon Tompkins (former chjairman) resigned immediately from the board; no explanation was given.
(LCC) US Air announced it now has roughly 1/2 of its fuel hedged.
(ONNN) On Semi repuirchasing $70M worth of stock from holder.
(PFE) Pfizer’s Viagra patent upheld in China; won over 2 fiorms who were violating patents.
(QGLY) Quigley announced mixed results in herpes keratitis.
(SAI) SAIC wins $53M order.
(SAP) SAP CFO sees double-digit growth according to German papers.
(SI) Siemens & IBM win a $9B German military IT order.
(TASR) Taser got another product liability case dismissed.
(WMT) Wal-Mart problems could continue to slow growth in 2007 according to WSJ.
(WOOF) VCA Antech set 2007 guidance at $1.27-1.31 (after options) and revenues of $1.05-1.08B; both are in-line.
(ZOLL) Zoll Medical receives marketing clearance for Defibrillator in Canada.

by Jon C. Ogg