Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 26, 2007)

(AAI) AirTran -$0.04 EPS vs -$0.04e.
(AMGN) Amgen traded down 2% after light earnings.
(AOD) Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund sold 176 million shares at $20.00, raising $3.5 Billion for the closed-end fund.
(AMP) Ameripise EPS was $0.69 vs $0.84 estimate; unsure if comparable.
(APTM) Aptimus lowered guidance.
(ATVI) Activision up almost 5% after raising guidance.
(CAT) Caterpillar $1.32 EPS vs $1.34e; guides 2007 to $5.20 to $5.70 vs $5.54 estimate; stock up 1%.
(CBC) Capitol Bancorp$0.68 EPS.
(CDW) CDW $0.86 EPS vs $0.91e.
(CHRT) Chartered Semi $0.01 EPS vs $0.01e.
(CRXL) Crucell gets EU grant for malaria vaccine.
(CSCO) Cisco trading down 0.3% after being cut to Hold at Citigroup.
(CVX) Chevron said it made a significant oil discovery off the coast of Angola.
(DELL) Dell said sales in China could reach $18 Billion by 2008.
(ELX) Emulex traded down 4% after $0.12 EPS and guidance in-line.
(FO) Fortune brands$1.39 EPS vs $1.35e.
(GM) GM delays earnings and says it will restate past earnings.
(HAL) Halliburton $0.65 EPS vs $0.61e.
(HCR) Manor Care $0.66 EPS, beat by $0.02.
(HON) Honeywell $0.72 EPS vs $0.72e.
(JOUT) Johnson Outdoor lost with -$0.23 EPS.
(KBH) KB Home faces formal SEC inquiry regarding stock options.
(KBR) KBR earned $0.28 EPS vs $0.19 estimate, but sales were down 8%.
(LAB) LaBranche $0.06 EPS vs $0.06e.
(MCK) McKesson trading up 3% after beating estimates.
(MRVC) MRV Communications is taking Luminent public and is acquiring Fiberxon for $131 million in cash and stock
(MSFT) Microsoft traded up 1.5% after beating earnings and guiding up.
(NDAQ) NASDAQ said it will not increase its offer for the LSE.
(NTT) NTT DoComo will begin selling Mitsubishi phones again.
(OPWV) Openwave reported narrower losses than expected, but it had already guided to a loss instead of a gain.
(ORCL) Oracle is saying it has found no wrongdoing in its options granting.
(PMCS) PMC-Sierra $0.02 EPS vs $0.04e.
(SYK) Stryker up 0.5% after posting EPS if $0.55.
(SYNA) Synaptics trading down 5% after earnings.
(TM)Toyota Motor was named as Cramer’s #1 favorite foreign stock for US investors; output was up 9%.
(UBS) UBS is acquiring Standard Chartered mutual fund operations in India.
(WDC) Western Digital trading down 0.3%after beating earnings.

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