Pre-Market Stock Notes (MAR 8, 2007)

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(BTRX) Barrier Therapeutics receives regulatory approval to market Xolegel in Canada for dermatitis.
(BWS) Brown Shoe delared 3-2 stock split and raised dividends.
(CBRL) CBRL entered 10b5-1 trading plan for another #36.1 million in stock.
(CBUK) Cutter & Bucl $0.03 EPS vs $0.04e.
(CLWR) Clearwire priced 24 million shares at $25.00 per share, 4M shares more at the top of the price range.
(CMI) Cummins announced 2-1 stock split and reaffirmed guidance for 2007.
(COST) Costco $0.66 EPS vs $0.663 (before items).
(DHI) D.R.Horton indicated flat after yesterday’s “suck” comments.
(DSGX) Descartes gets new CFO.
(FINL) Finish Line guided quarter $0.49 to $0.54 EPS vs. $0.57 estimate.
(GOOG) Google gets search pact from Friendster.
(HEPH) Hollis-Eden trading down 20% pre-market after the government rejected its radiation treatment Neumune.
(JWN) Nordstrom’s s-s-s +9.1% vs 6.0% est.
(LJPC) La Jolla Pharmaceuticals announces positive interim antibody results from Riquent Lupus Phase 3 trial.
(LOCM) Local.com terminates SoUno acquisition negotiations.
(MAGS) Magal Security received $3 million in new orders in Israel.
(MAMA) Mamma.com traded up 15% after posting positive earnings.
(MSA) Mine Safety secured $15.1 million in ballistic helmet contract.
(OMRI) Omrix Biopharma submits supplemental Biologics license application to market Evicel with general hemostasis in surgery indication.
(PSMT) Pricemart s-s-s were _20.8%.
(PSUN) Pacific Sunwear s-s-s -5.7% vs -3.7%e.
(RMKR) Rainmaker Systems gets 18 month contract extensiuon from one of its Fortune 50 companies.
(TASR) Taser had another product liability suit dismissed.
(TIVO) TiVo traded up 3% on narrower losses.
(TRLG) True Religion names CFO who is former Nordstrom executive.
(URBN) Urban Outfitters $0.21 EPS vs $0.21e; will name new CEO.
(USBE) USBioenergy announced departure of President.
(WAG) Walgreens gets sued over racial discrimination.
(WMT) Wal-Mart s-s-s +0.9% vs +1.5% est.

Jon C. Ogg
March 8, 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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