Pre-Market Stock News (June 5, 2007)

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(ADSK) Autodesk filed its financial statements and will take $34.8 million charges over the review period for its stock options.
(AMGN) Amgen paid 4420 to acquire Ilypsa, a private biotech with kidney drug that has completed Phase II trials.
(AVAYA is being bought for $17.50 by Silver Lake and TPG private equity group for more than $8 Billion.
(BBBY) Bed Bath & Beyond traded down 6% after earnings warning.
(C) Citigroup would be worth 17% more if the company broke itself into 5 units according to Cramer.
(CEDC) Central European Dist announces new distribution contract with Poland’s largest gas station chain, effective from June 1st.
(ENB) Enbridge in new pipeline assessment pact with Exxon over a potential pipeline from Illinois to Texas.
(ERIC) Ericsson offered 310 million Euros to acquire LHS AG for up to 55.1% of share capital.
(EURX) Eurand received 41 million from GlaxoSmithkline over an undisclosed compound.
(FCEL) Fuel Cell -$0.32 EPS vs -$0.37 estimates.
(FMP) Feldman Mall Properties is exploring strategic alternatives.
(NVD) Novadel reported positive oral spray results compared to Ambien.
(OPWV) Openwave voted against the ‘takeunder’ offer; cutting 20% of workforce; will pay $100M dividend.
(PICO) Pico Holdings resolved Indian tribe dispute over water import for 8,000 acre feet ground water transport per day.
(RAD) Rite-Aid positive again according to Cramer.
(TELK) Telik announces clinical hold by FDA on TELCYTA trials; stock down 4%.
(VIP) Vimpel Comm won arbitration pact in suit against Telenor.

Jon C. Ogg
June 5, 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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