StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 04/17/2007

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InsWeb Corp. (Nasdaq: INSW) 67.7% HIGHER; Reported the first operating profit in the history of the Company. Revenues for the first quarter were $8.1 million, compared to $7.7 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. InsWeb reported net income for the first quarter of $0.4 million, or $0.10 per share. This compares to a net loss in the first quarter of 2006 of $1.7 million, or $0.41 per share, and to a net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.08 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Company was cash flow positive during the first quarter of 2007 and ended the period with cash and short-term investments of $7.1 million.

DG FastChannel (NASDAQ: DGIT) 42.3% HIGHER; Company has entered into definitive agreements with Point.360 (NASDAQ: PTSX) whereby (i) Point.360 will spin off its post production operations to Point.360 stockholders and (ii) DG FastChannel will acquire Point.360’s Ads distribution operations.

Netlist (Nasdaq: NLST) 27% LOWER; Expects to report Q1 net sales of approximately $37 million to $38 million, versus the previous guidance of $40 million to $42 million, and fully diluted earnings per share of approximately $0.02 to $0.03 per share, including estimated stock-based compensation expense of $325,000, versus the previous guidance of $0.07 to $0.08 per share. (Q1 revenue consensus is $41.2 million and EPS consensus is $0.08)

Telik, Inc. (Nasdaq: TELK) 16% HIGHER; Presented results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of the triplet combination of TELCYTA, carboplatin and paclitaxel in the first-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The results include highly statistically and clinically significant improvement in both progression-free survival and overall survival in responding patients who received TELCYTA maintenance therapy as compared with those who did not receive TELCYTA maintenance therapy.

Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: SOLF) 12% LOWER; CIBC World Markets downgrades SOLF from Sector Outperform to Sector Perform.

NL Industries Inc. (NYSE: NL) 11% HIGHER; Stock moving up with no specific news releases.

Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FIC) 8% LOWER; Company lowers guidance. Sees Q2 revenues of $200-$202 million, versus the consensus of $212.8 million. Sees Q2 EPS of $0.35-$0.37 versus the consensus of $0.59 . Sees FY revenues of $795-$805 million, versus the consensus of $864.6 million . Sees FY EPS of $1.55-$1.65, versus the consensus of $2.53. Citigroup downgrades the stock today as well.

Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) 7.7% HIGHER; Sees Q1 revenues between $330-335 million and EPS between $0.46-0.48. (Current consensus is $322.4 million and $0.39, respectively). S&P Equity Research upgrades the stock.

Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) 7.3% LOWER; Stock giving back after yesterday’s approx. 20% pop with no specific news releases. (momentum play)

BCE Inc. (NYSE: BCE) 7% HIGHER; Confirmed it is reviewing its strategic alternatives. The company said it entered into discussions with a group of leading Canadian pension funds to explore the possibility of taking the publicly-traded company private. KKR has also signed the agreement and will join the Canadian-led consortium as a minority partner.

Black & Decker Corp (NYSE: BDK) 5% HIGHER; Sees Q1 net earnings per diluted share of approximately $1.60 for the first quarter of 2007. The consensus is $1.26.

InsWeb Corp. (Nasdaq: INSW) 67.7% HIGHER; Reported the first operating profit in the history of the Company. Revenues for the first quarter were $8.1 million, compared to $7.7 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. InsWeb reported net income for the first quarter of $0.4 million, or $0.10 per share. This compares to a net loss in the first quarter of 2006 of $1.7 million, or $0.41 per share, and to a net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.08 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Company was cash flow positive during the first quarter of 2007 and ended the period with cash and short-term investments of $7.1 million.

DG FastChannel (NASDAQ: DGIT) 42.3% HIGHER; Company has entered into definitive agreements with Point.360 (NASDAQ: PTSX) whereby (i) Point.360 will spin off its post production operations to Point.360 stockholders and (ii) DG FastChannel will acquire Point.360’s Ads distribution operations.

Netlist (Nasdaq: NLST) 27% LOWER; Expects to report Q1 net sales of approximately $37 million to $38 million, versus the previous guidance of $40 million to $42 million, and fully diluted earnings per share of approximately $0.02 to $0.03 per share, including estimated stock-based compensation expense of $325,000, versus the previous guidance of $0.07 to $0.08 per share. (Q1 revenue consensus is $41.2 million and EPS consensus is $0.08)

Telik, Inc. (Nasdaq: TELK) 16% HIGHER; Presented results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of the triplet combination of TELCYTA, carboplatin and paclitaxel in the first-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The results include highly statistically and clinically significant improvement in both progression-free survival and overall survival in responding patients who received TELCYTA maintenance therapy as compared with those who did not receive TELCYTA maintenance therapy.

Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: SOLF) 12% LOWER; CIBC World Markets downgrades SOLF from Sector Outperform to Sector Perform.

NL Industries Inc. (NYSE: NL) 11% HIGHER; Stock moving up with no specific news releases.

Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FIC) 8% LOWER; Company lowers guidance. Sees Q2 revenues of $200-$202 million, versus the consensus of $212.8 million. Sees Q2 EPS of $0.35-$0.37 versus the consensus of $0.59 . Sees FY revenues of $795-$805 million, versus the consensus of $864.6 million . Sees FY EPS of $1.55-$1.65, versus the consensus of $2.53. Citigroup downgrades the stock today as well.

Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) 7.7% HIGHER; Sees Q1 revenues between $330-335 million and EPS between $0.46-0.48. (Current consensus is $322.4 million and $0.39, respectively). S&P Equity Research upgrades the stock.

Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) 7.3% LOWER; Stock giving back after yesterday’s approx. 20% pop with no specific news releases. (momentum play)

BCE Inc. (NYSE: BCE) 7% HIGHER; Confirmed it is reviewing its strategic alternatives. The company said it entered into discussions with a group of leading Canadian pension funds to explore the possibility of taking the publicly-traded company private. KKR has also signed the agreement and will join the Canadian-led consortium as a minority partner.

Black & Decker Corp (NYSE: BDK) 5% HIGHER; Sees Q1 net earnings per diluted share of approximately $1.60 for the first quarter of 2007. The consensus is $1.26.

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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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