Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 14, 2007)

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(ABAX) Abaxis announces distribution agreement with Cardinal Health.
(ALTR) Altera guided Q1 sales slightly lower; but $0.30 EPS vs $0.25e.
(AMAT) Applied Materials now indicated up almost 5% after beating earnings.
(ASML) ASML Holdings said it will continue its stock buyback plan.
(DCX) DaimlerChrysler expected to shed up to 10,000 US jobs today; stock up 4%.
(DVA) DaVita $0.70 EPS vs $0.68e.
(GOLF) Golfsmith wins pact to be official online and tennis pro shop for ESPN.
(GRMN) Garmin $0.75 EPS vs $0.59e; sees 2007 $2.70 vs $2.38e; stock up 13% as this was better than any whispers.
(GSIC) GSI Commerce beat earnings but lowered 2007; stock was up but fell 2%.
(IACI) IAC’s Match.com has reportedly bought the leading match and dating service in China.
(IN) Intermec announces that it will design, build and test a new single process, mobile marking system with the U.S. Coast Guard.
(JAH) Jarden $0.80 EPS vs $0.73e.
(JRN) Journal Communications increased 20% publishing and broadcast revenues.
(LOJN) Lojack names Ron Waters as President/COO.
(KO) Coca Cola $0.52 EPS vs $0.50e.
(MDF) Metro Health Networks lowered guidance.
(NAT) Nordic American Tanker $0.66 EPS vs $0.66e.
(NICE) Nice Systems wins contract in Dallas.
(NOVA) Novamed $0.05 EPS vs $0.06e.
(NVDA) NVIDIA $0.53 EPS vs $0.43e; issued cautionary guidance; stock fell 1% after hours.
(ODP) Office Depot $0.54 EPS vs $0.52e.
(OMTR) Omniture is acquiring a small behavioral targeting company called Touch Clarity.
(ORCL) Oracle increased stake in I-Flex in India from 55% to over 80%.
(PFCB) PFChang’s $0.34 EPS vs $0.26e; guides 2007 $1.45 EPS vs $1.38 consensus.
(STX) Seagate announces co-operation with STMicro (STM) and Quantum SPA to produce hard drive-based mobile devices that will let consumers receive, record and playback digital television signals.
(TRMB) Trimble acquired privately-held INPHO GmbH of Stuttgart, Germany in an all-cash transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.
(ZBRA) Zebra Tech $0.42 EPS vs $0.41e; guides next quarter down.

Jon C. Ogg
February 14, 2007

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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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