Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 13, 2007)

(AA) Alcoa trading up 8% on reports of a buyout by either BHP Billiton or Rio Tinto in a $40 Billion deal.
(ALB) Albermarle will boost certain aluminum process prices by 25%.
(ARMHY) Arm Holdings in new chip pact with Micronas USA.
(CB) Ciber $0.12 EPS vs $0.12e.
(CHINA) CDC Corporation announces that the registered users of its current blockbuster online game Yulgang have reached 45 million.
(CMX) Caremark Rx shareholders to receive increased special dividend following merger with CVS by $4.00.
(DELL) Dell’s online executive has left after not heading its consumer unit.
(FVRL) Favrille is raising $10M in share sales.
(GOOG) Google is appealing its $4M fine in Belgian court.
(GWR) Gennessee & Wyoming announced a 2M share buyback plan.
(HANS) Hansen Natural down 5% pre-market on 2 key downgrades.
(HAS) Hasbro signed a licensing agreement that will launch an extensive apparel collection in Steve & Barry’s stores nationwide in spring and fall 2007.
(HGSI) Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announce the initiation of dosing in BLISS-76, one of two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of LymphoStat-B in patients with active systemic lupus.
(ICLR) ICON plc $0.39 EPS vs $0.36e.
(ILMN) Illumina announced a breakthrough discovery in type-2 diabetes using Illumina’s genotyping BeadChips.
(KIM) Kimco $0.58 EPS vs $0.57e.
(MANT) Mantech wins $89 million pact from Dept. of Defense.
(MNTA) Momenta Pharma -$0.45 EPS vs -$0.39e.
(MRVL) Marvell traded up to $18.05 after Cramer said it may rally even after a bad earnings report next week.
(NILE) Blue Nile traded down 6% after light numbers.
(NOV) National Oilwell Varco up on positive Cramer comments on MAD MONEY.
(NRMX) Neurochem received its second recommendation from Europe to continue Phase III clinical trial for Tramiprosate.
(OMC) Omnicom $1.62 EPS vs $1.62e.
(PCLN) Priceline.com traded up 6% after earnings.
(PFE) Pfizer announced its Maraviroc will receive accelerated regulatory reviews in the U.S. and Europe.
(RVBD) Riverbed Technology announces an agreement to make its solutions available worldwide as part of the HP portfolio.
(SFLY) Shutterfly names former Levi Strauss’ CEO Philip Marineau as its Chairman.
(SSTI) Silicon Storage names its comptroller as acting CFO.
(TEVA) Teva $0.53 EPS vs $0.58e.
(TWX) Time Warner has withdrawn the cable registration now that Adelphia dissenting holders will have to accept the distribution.
(VRSN) VeriSign announced a prepay service pact win in Iraq.
(VZ) Verizon will receive $572M for its stake in Venezuelan CANTV stake.
(WYN) Wyndham Worldwide $0.44 EPS vs $0.40e.

Jon C. Ogg   
February 13, 2007