Pre-Market Stock News (July 30, 2007)

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Jul 30, 7:15AM EDT

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(AHM) American Home delayed dividends after margin calls; shares down over 20% pre-market.
(ARLP) Alliance Resource $1.03 EPS vs $0.92 est.
(ASYS) Amtech announced a $4.9 million follow-on order for solar diffusion processing systems.
(BMC) BMC Software announced a $1 Billion share repurchase program.
(CADX) Cadence Pharma announced FDA agreement to increase Phase III enrollment on Omigard.
(CBMX) CombiMatrix won a $2.2 million Dept. of Defense contract for anti-terrorism and infectuous disease program.
(CEDC) Central European Distribution is raising guidance after making an acquisition in Poland for $8.4 million in cash and stock.
(CROX) Crocs is paying $1.75 million to acquire private Bite Footwear.
(CVTX) CV Therapeutics hired an investment banker to provide advisory services to counsel on several strategic opportunities.
(DCP) Dyncorp $0.22 EPS vs $0.21 est.
(FPL) FPL Group $0.86 EPS vs. $0.80 est.
(GGBM) Gigabean announced hiring of CFO.
(GOLD) Rangold Resources in JV with IamGold in Senegal.
(HUM) Humana $1.28 EPS vs. $1.17 est., but had already lifted targets.
(IR) Ingersoll-Rand is selling Bobcat, Utility Equipment & Attachments units to Doosan Infracor for roughly $4.9 Billion in cash.
(JAH) Jarden $0.70 EPS vs $0.58 estimate.
(KVHI) KVH Industries announced 1 million share buyback.
(LNY) Landry’s found no evidence of misconduct in options review.
(MSFT) Microsoft noted as a stealth growth stock in Barron’s.
(NSTC) Ness Technologies $0.13 EPS vs. $0.11 est.
(OIS) Oil States is acquiring private Schooner Petroleum Services for roughly $67 million if all adjustments amnd targets are met.
(POR) Portland General Electric $0.73 EPS vs. $0.58 est; unsure if comparable.
(RCCC) Rural Cellular gets $45.00 per share off in cash from Verizon (VZ).
(RSH) Radio Shack $0.27 EPS vs $0.25 est.
(VCLK) ValueClick is reporting earnings earlier than expected; setto reportthis morning.
(VVUS) Vivus trading up 10% pre-market over FDA approval of Evamist, which makes it elligible for milestone payment.
(VZ) Verizon $0.58 EPS vs. $0.58 est.; added 158,000 FiOS customers.

Jon C. Ogg
July 30, 2007

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.