Pre-Market Stock News (May 21, 2007)

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(ASD) American Standard is reaffirming guidance.
(AT) Alltel agreed to a $27.5 Billion buyout offer, or $71.50 per share.
(CATT) Catapult believes it will miss its earnings estimates for the quarter.
(CRM) Salesforce.com in talks for another technology integration pact with Google.
(CYTC) Cytyc being acquired by Hologic for $46.46 in cash and stock; stock up almost 30%.
(DNDN) Dendreon announces presentation of data at American Urological Association annual meeting; stock up 8%.
(EAGL) EGL announced that CEVA Group increased its offer to $47.50.
(ELN) Elan and Wyeth are starting Phase III clinical trial of Bapineuzumab in Alzheimer’s disease.
(FBN) Furniture Brands CFO is leaving to join ITT.
(GE) GE’s plastics unit sale could be announced as soon as today.
(GRRF) China Grentech announced its first bulk production order to supply TD-SCDMA RF power amplifier modules
(KO) Coca-Cola’s CEO was named the final transformational CEO by Cramer.
(NCTY) The9Ltd. in pact for sports games with Electronic Arts.
(NHY) Norsk Hydro is selling its polymers group.
(PFE) Pfizer CFO is leaving; head of R&D is retiring.
(PONR) Pioneer Companies being acquired for $35.00 per share in cash by Olin (OLN).
(QTWW) Quantum Fuel awarded diesel hybrid vehicle pact from US Army.
(RTLX) Retalix $0.09 EPS vs -$0.01e; unsure if comparable.
(TSL) Trina Solar $0.22 EPS vs $0.15e.

Jon C. Ogg
May 21, 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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