Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 7, 2007)

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(ACOR) Acorda Therapeutics receives additional $5 million from Paul Capital Healthcare to fund the expansion of its Zanaflex.
(ACTG) Acacia has entered patent license and settlement with Lexmark International.
(ALVR) Alvarion $0.03 EPS vs $0.02e.
(APOL) Apollo Group $0.66 EPS vs $0.62e.
(ARXT) Adams Respiratory CFO David Becker has resigned to work for a private medical diagnostics company.
(ASBC) Associated Bancorp announced a 2 million share accelerated buyback plan.
(ASTM) Aastrom Bio -$0.04 EPS vs -$0.04e.
(BHP) BHP Billiton announced a $10 Billion share repurchase plan; stock up 4%.
(BIVN) Bioenvision files with European Medicines Agency for label extension of Evoltra.
(BOBJ) Business Objects stock up 1% after beating estimates.
(BRKR) Bruker Bio 10.4M share secondary priced at $7.10 per share.
(CI) Cigna indicated up almost 3% after beating earnings.
(CLAY) Clayton Homes $0.24 EPS vs $0.20e.
(CSCO) Cisco Systems traded up 4% after beating earnings and guiding revenues up.
(DF) Dean Foods $0.61 EPS vs $0.61e.
(DTLK) Datalink $0.19 EPS vs $0.14e.
(DVN) Devon Energy $1.38 EPS vs $1.36e.
(ECTX) ECTel gets security pact from Portugal Telecom.
(GAIA) Gaiam 2.5M shares were repurchased from holder.
(GNA) Gerdau Ameristeel $0.23 EPS vs $0.29e.
(ICE) IntercontinentalExchange $0.81 EPS vs $0.74e.
(IFX) Infineon chip selected for entry level Nokia phone.
(IMAX) IMAX signed a 2 theatre pact in China.
(LAZ) Lazard $0.78 EPS vs $0.63e.
(MKTX) Marketaccess $0.06 EPS vs $0.05e.
(NWS) News Cotrp $0.26 EPS vs $0.25e.
(OSIS) OSI Systems -$1.23 EPS vs -$1.35e.
(PCNTF) Pacific Internet’s Thai subsidiary is collaborating with Cisco for IP-based business solutions.
(RL) Ralph Lauren $1.03 EPS vs $0.93e.
(SNWL) SonicWALL $0.09 EPS vs $0.07e.
(VOD) Vodafone in exclusive mobile pact with MySpace in the UK.
(TASR) Taser said a study confirmed the safety of its taser products.
(TEC) Teton Energy said its estimated nat gas reserves gained by over 70%.
(TIVO) TiVo in pact with Amazon for “Amazon Unbox on TiVo”  to rent and own movies and TV shows from CBS, Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.
(TZOO) Travelzoo traded down 10% after missing earnings expectations, but now looks almost flat.
(VOCL) VocalTec Communications announces the partnership with Energo Complect, a Russian systems integrator.
(VPHM) ViroPharma receives orphan drug designation for Maribavir for Cytomegalovirus Viremia and disease indication.

by Jon C. Ogg

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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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