Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 17, 2007)

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(ACN) Accenture noted as positive on IT consulting by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(APH) Amphenol $0.85 EPS vs $0.82 estimate.
(APSG) Applied Signal found irregularities from options review and will have charges.
(ASML) ASML Holdings trading up 6% after beating earnings overseas and calling for growth in 2007.
(BPOP) Popular $0.20 EPS vs $0.25 estimates.
(CERS) Cerus received French regulatory approval for Intercept.
(CIT) CIT $1.28 EPS vs $1.25e.
(CRDN) Ceradyne received $6 million ceramic body armor order from Marines.
(CVC) Cablevision deemed the revised offer from the Dolans as inadequate.
(EQIX) Equinix said a subpoena over option practices was withdrawn.
(GNVC) Genvec launched malaria trial with navy.
(HMA) Health Management trading up 6%; lowered EPS guidance on bad debt charges; announced recapitalization and special dividend.
(INFY) Infosys noted as positive on IT consulting by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(INTC) Intel beat estimates, but shares down 4% as margins for the year will remain lower due to price wars.
(JPM) J.P.Morgan $1.09 vs $0.95e; indicated up 1%.
(LEN) Lennar -$1.24 EPS vs -$0.85 estimate.
(LLTC) Linear Tech trading down 3%; met estimates but soft guidance; President is resigning.
(LUV) Southwest Airlines $0.12 EPS vs $0.12e; was $0.09 after items.
(MCD) McDonalds will post $0.48 EPS from operations vs $0.58 estimate but there are items in the number; posted same store sales growth of 6.9% in December; stock up 0.7%.
(MDT) Medtronic announced voluntary suspension of certain external defibrillators.
(MEL) Mellon $0.57 EPS vs $0.57 est.
(NVDA) NVIDIA filed to sell 1.1 million shares.
(RACK) Rackable Systems fell 30% after lowering EPS targets.
(SFN) Spherion raised EPS target but revenues a tad under plan.
(SGR) Shaw Group $0.19 EPS vs $0.20e.
(SIRI/XMSR) Sirius and XM would have an FCC regulatory issue in a potential merger according to WSJ.
(VERT) VerticalNet filed to sell 2.5 million shares for holders.

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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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