Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 30, 2007)

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(AEP) American Electric Power $0.38 EPS vs $0.37e.
(ALTH) Allos Therapeutics priced 9 million shares at $6.00.
(AMGN) Amgen noted as fallen angel that can be bought by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(BDK) Black & Decker $1.38 EPS vs $1.32e; unsure if gains in numbers.
(BKC) Burger King $0.28 EPS vs $0.26e.
(BMR) BioMed Realty Trust is selling some properties for $511 million in cash.
(CGEN) Compugen in biomarker collaboration pact with Teva.
(CL) Colgate-Palmolive $0.80 EPS vs $0.77e.
(CLMS) Calamos $0.38 EPS vs $0.36e.
(CME) Chicago Mercantile Exchange $2.91 EPS vs $2.97e.
(CNQR) Concur Tech announced 2M share buyback plan.
(COCO) Corinthian Colleges $0.10 EPS vs $0.10e.
(CPO) Corn Products $0.43 EPS vs $0.42e.
(DGX) Quest Diagnostics noted as fallen angel that can be bought by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(ETR) Entergy $0.79 EPS vs $0.75e; announced $1.5B share buyback plan.
(EXEL) Exelixis filed investigational new drug application for anticancer compound.
(HW) Headwaters $0.37 EPS vs $0.32e.
(INXI) INX Inc. gets $391,000 IP communications pact from Department of Defense.
(JBLU) JetBlue $0.10 EPS vs $0.11e.
(JSDA) Jones Soda CEO interviewed by Cramer on MAD MONEY; Cramer said be patient and buy on pullbacks; but he thinks it’s going higher still.
(KKD) Krispy Kreme announced it is now current in SEC filings.
(LEXG) Lexicon Genetics started a Phase Ib study for Alzheimers, schizophrenia, and Vascular dementia.
(LXK) Lexmark $1.05 EPS vs $0.95e, but that is before $0.14 restructuring charge; guides next quarter $0.90 to $1.00 vs $1.04e.
(MAN) Manpower $1.80 EPS vs $1.18e; unsure if comparable.
(MMM) 3M $1.10 EPS vs $1.14e; before a $0.47 gain; guides 2007 EPS $5.20 to $5.45 net and $4.60 to $4.75 adjusted vs $4.99e.
(MRK) Merck $0.50 EPS vs $0.50e; R$6B vs $5.65e; sees 2007 EPS $2.51-2.59 EPS vs $2.61e.
(MSFT) Microsoft Vista launch has happened.
(NWL) Newell Rubbermaid $0.38 EPS vs $0.37e; guidance for Q1 is soft.
(OSIS) OSI Systems received a $3.6M phase II contract for ship cargo inspection from Homeland Security.
(PG) P&G $0.84 EPS vs $0.83e. 
(PHTN) Photon Dynamics reaffirmed guidance for Q1 but revenues actually look higher.
(PIR) Pier-1 announced retirement of Chairman/CEO Marvin Giroaurd; board member Alex Smith to replace him.
(SII) Smith International $0.71 EPS vs $0.71e.
(SNE) Sony down 0.5% after lower earnings, although sees increase in 2007 EPS.
(SSP) E.W.Scripps $0.81 EPS vs $0.70e.
(UPS) UPS $1.04 EPS vs $1.04e; revenues tad light; 2007 EPS guidance $4.10-4.25 vs $4.31 est.
(VFC) VF Corp noted as fallen angel that can be bought by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(WDR) Waddell & Reed $0.36 EPS vs $0.35e.
(WFT) Weatherford $0.76 EPS vs $0.73e.
(WYE) Wyeth $0.66 EPS vs $0.71e.
(ZGEN) Zymogenetics started phase I PEG-Interferon studies (cancer).

Jon C. Ogg
January 30, 2007

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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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