(ABI) Applied Bio $0.37 EPS vs $0.34e.
(AGR/a) Agere $0.19 EPS vs $0.21e; sees same earnings in Q1.
(BAX) Baxter $0.66 EPS vs $0.62e.
(BMY) Bristol-Myers $0.19 EPS vs $0.16e.
(COL) Rockwell-Collins $0.84 EPS vs $0.76e; unsure if comparable.
(DGX) Quest Diagnostics $0.77 EPS vs $0.74e.
(DEO) Diageo up 2%aftyer being added to Cramer’s foreign stock list for US investors.
(DJ) Dow Jones $0.47 EPS vs $0.46e.
(DOW) Dow Chemical $1.00 EPS vs $0.93e.
(EBAY) eBay trading up 12% after beating numbers and guiding up; also bought back $1 Billion in stock and will buy back $2 Billion more; Meg Whitman on CNBC at open.
(EOP) Equity Office Properties gets higher bid at $54 per share from Blackstone.
(EPAY) Bottomline trading up 12%after significantly beating expectations.
(ERIC) Ericsson trading up almost 1%after Nokia beat estimates.
(F) Ford -$1.10 EPS vs -$1.00e.
(FDC) First Data $0.36 EPS vs $0.34e; unsure if comparable.
(FTEK) Fuel-Tech wins a $2.6 million contract in China.
(GPS) Gap up on Cramer saying private equity will pay $25 to buy it; company says it isn’t just looking to sell.
(IPCS) iPCS COO resigned.
(KKD) Krispy Kreme up 4% more on hopes of new financing; shares were up yesterday too; Herb Greenberg panning it today.
(KLIC) Kullicke & Soffa $0.07 EPS vs $0.00e; unsure if EPS comparable but revenues were ahead.
(LM) Legg Mason $1.21 EPS vs $1.12e; unsure if comparable.
(LSI) LSI Logic trading down 3% after beating earnings; Goldman cut estimates.
(MHP) McGraw-Hill $0.59 EPS vs $0.59e.
(NDE) Indy-Mac Mortgage $0.97 EPS vs $0.97e.
(NFLX) Netflix traded up 12% after beating expectations.
(NOK) Nokia trading up 6% after beating estimates.
(OXY) Occidental Petroleum $0.98 EPS vs $0.91e.
(PCCC) PC Connection $0.17 EPS vs $0.15e.
(QCOM) Qualcomm trading up 2% after beating numbers; quantified amount it will lose in business from Nokia cancellation.
(RYL) Ryland $1.98 EPS vs $1.84e; puts 2007 EPS at $3.75 to $4.25 versus $4.22 estimates.
(SCHW) Schwab announced $500 million allotted for share buybacks.
(SOLD) Housevalues announced new CFO, formerly of a Cendant housing unit.
(STJ) St. Jude $0.42 EPS vs $0.40e.
(SYMC) Symantec $0.26 EPS vs $0.25e; stock up 2% pre-market.
(T) AT&T $0.61 EPS vs $0.59e.
(TALX) Talx $0.27 EPS vs $0.25e.
(TER) Teradyne EPS $0.06(rounded up) vs $0.03e.
(TW) 21st Century announced that the minority stake owned will be acquired by AIG for the rest of the company for $19.75 per share.
(WRLD) World Acceptance $0.39 EPS vs $0.38e.
(ZOLL) Zoll Medical $0.23 EPS vs $0.20e; announced a 2-1 stock split.
Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 25, 2007)
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