Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 18, 2007)

(AAPL) Apple beat estimates again by far, but Mac sales were soft and then guidance was light as usual; stock down 1.25% pre-market.
(ABT) Abbott Labs reportedly in talks to sell its diagnostics unitto GE.
(ANSV) Anesiva announced data from Phase I Trial of 1207 failed to show noticeable improvement although it was safe and well tolerated.
(BK) Bank of New York $0.58 EPS vs $0.55e.
(CAI) CACI lowered guidance.
(CAL) Continental -$0.04 EPS vs -$0.11e; was -$0.29 after charges and items.
(CHRS) Charming Shoppes lowered guidance marginally; stock down 1.5%.
(CLC) Clarcor $0.52 EPS vs $0.46e.
(ECLG) eCollege.com lowered 2007 guidance.
(ETR) Entergy $0.77 EPS vs $0.74e.
(FITB) Fifth Third EPS $0.12 vs $0.08e; but down from $0.60 last year.
(GSF) GlobalSantaFe trading up 1.5% after a Cramer interview and disclosure of $11B in backlog.
(HBAN) Huntington Bancshares $0.38 EPS vs $0.44e; unsure if charges in number.
(HOG) Harley Davidson $0.97 EPS vs $0.98e.
(HOKU) Hoku signed supply pact worth potential $370 million with Sanyo.
(IGT) International Game Tech $0.34 EPS vs $0.35e.
(IMMC) Immunicon says Prostate Trial meets primary endpoint.
(IN) Intermec said the Social Security Administration is using its RFID tech.
(LOGI) Logitech $0.49 EPS vs $0.47e.
(LRCX) Lam Research trading down 8%afterbeating numbers, but margin fell and guidance.
(MACE) Mace has disclosed it has a firm interested in acquiring the company.
(MER) Merrill Lynch $2.41 EPS vs $1.95e.
(MSFT) Microsoft’s Vista will also be for sale online via download.
(MNST) Monster’s option investigation is intensifying according to WSJ.
(NDAQ) NASDAQ’s offer again refused by London Stock Exchange.
(NICFX) NicOx received a $5 million milestone payment from Merck.
(NITE) Knight Capital $0.33 EPS vs $0.26e.
(SBUX) Starbucks raised prices paid for coffee to secure long-term supplies.
(SKY) Sky Financial $0.47 EPS vs $0.44e.
(SLM) SLM Corp $0.74 EPS vs $0.75e.
(SMOD) mart Modular 14M share secondary priced at $12.50.
(SVVS) Savvis 7.6 million share secondary offering priced at $39.00.
(TELK) Telik has a larger stake taken by Carl Icahn.
(TRB) Tribune gets roughly $31.70 buyout offer after bids were due from Chandler Trust.
(TTWO) Take-Two Interactive delayed its annual report filing because of ongoing option probe.
(UNH) United Health revenues $18.1 Billion and posted $1.2 Billion net income, but can’t give EPS number based on option probe.
(ZVUE) Handheld Entertainment raised $3.8 million in private placement.

Jon C. Ogg
January 18, 2007