Pre-Market Stock News (APR 26, 2007)

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(AAPL) Apple shares traded up 10% after beating earnings hand over fist.
(ABI) Applied Bio $0.36 EPS vs $0.35e.
(AEP) American Electric Power $0.68 EPS vs $0.71 estimates.
(AET) Aetna indicated slightly after $0.81 EPS vs $0.77e.
(AGIX) Atherogenics -$0.32 EPS vs -$0.42 estimates.
(AKAM) Akamai Technologies traded down 10% after meeting expectations at $0.28 EPS and guiding in-line.
(AN) AutoNation $0.37 EPS vs $0.40e.
(APPB) Applebee’s gave an update to its review” is in talks with outside parties, is exploring its franchise vs ownership, exploring securitizations, and exploring recapitalization; in settlement with Breeden Capital.
(BF) BASF profits rose 9% overseas.
(BG) Bunge $0.05 EPS vs $0.03e.
(BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb.$0.38 EPS vs $0.23e.
(BYD) Boyd Gaming $0.50 EPS vs. $0.53e.
(CAKE) Cheesecake Factory would be a good private equity target according to Jim Cramer.
(CHIC) Charlotte Russe $0.15 EPS vs $0.12e.
(CMCSA) Comcast $0.17 EPS vs $0.17e on revenues of $7.39 Billion versus $7.36 Billion estimates; ended with 24.2 million basic subscribers.
(CNMD) Conmed $0.30 EPS vs $0.27e.
(CVNS) Covansys is being acquired by CSC for $1.3 Billion, or $34.00 per share.
(DADE) Dade Behring $0.48 EPS vs $0.38e.
(DO) Diamond Offshore $1.64 EPS vs $1.50 estimate.
(DSPGZ) DSP Group $0.19 EPS vs $0.15e.
(ETR) Entergy $1.02 EPS vs $1.01e.
(F) Ford -$0.015 EPS vs -$0.59 estimates; stock up 9%.
(HZO) MarineMax $0.11 EPS vs $0.10e.
(IGTE) iGate $0.08 EPS vs $0.07e.
(KO) Coa-Cola is in a great spot according to Cramer, and headed to $60.00.
(KSWS) K-Swiss
(LJPC) La Jolla received patents over Riquent components in Europe and China.
(LKQX) LKQ Corp $0.28 EPS vs $0.26e.
(LVLT) Level 3 Communications -$0.15 EPS vs -$0.22e; revenues $1.06 Billion vs. $1.04B(e);reaffirmes prior 2007-2008 guidance.
(MKSI) MKS Instruments $0.52 EPS vs $0.47e.
(MMM) 3M $1.28 EPS vs $1.12 estimates; has gain on EU pharma sale.
(NDE) Indymac Bank $0.70 EPS vs $0.67e.
(NSANY) Nissan profits fell 54% on workforce charges and higher taxes.
(ODP) Office Depot $0.60 EPS vs $0.59e.
(PENN) Penn National Gaming $0.49 EPS vs $0.47e.
(PEP) PepsiCo is in a great spot according to Cramer, and headed to $75.00.
(PTRY) Pantry $0.27 EPS vs $0.44e.
(QCOM) Qualcomm traded down 1% after earnings.
(RESP) Respironics $0.46 EPS vs $0.45e.
(SI) Siemens profits rose more than 30% overseas.
(WEN) Wendy’s is exploring strategic alternatives that could lead to a sale after its earnings; stock up 11%.
(WM) Washington Mutual is going to offer an “all-in-one” mortgage that allows a switch from fixed-to-adjustable and vice versa.
(WRLD) World Acceptance $1.17 EPS vs $1.14 estimates.
(ZOLL) Zoll Medical $0.15 EPS vs $0.14e.

Jon C. Ogg
April 26, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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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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