Pre-Market Stock News (October 1, 2007)

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(ACXM) Acxiom’s buyout is unwinding according to reports, although this was evident if you watched trading.
(AMLN) Amylin Pharma announced FDA Approval for SYMLIN pen-injectors.
(ANX) ADVENTRX Pharma said results from Phase IIb clinical trial of ANX-510 did not demonstrate statistically significant improved safety in the trial’s primary endpoint.
(AWR) American States Water announced a privatization contract for Fort Bragg, NC Water.
(C) Citigroup has issued an earnings warning; shares down 2% pre-market.
(CNTF) A China Techfaith unit has reached an agreement with Qualcomm in a royalty-bearing global license under Qualcomm’s patent portfolio to manufacture and sell subscriber units and modem cards using WCDMA & TD-SCDMA.
(HOLL) Hollywood Media announced a $10 million stock buyback plan.
(HWCC) Houston Wire & Cable raised its share buyback plan to $50 million.
(JASO) JA Solar filed to sell 6.3 million ADR’s.
(JRJC) China Finance Online formed a strategic alliance with China Center for Financial Research of Tsinghua University.
(NTBK) NetBank’s customers left reportedly being taken over by ING, although this won’t necessarily help NetBank.
(NVT) NAVTEQ in talks to be acquired by Nokia.
(QCOM) Qualcomm has had formal antitrust measures taken by the European Union.
(REGN) Regeneron announced positive primary endpoint results from a Phase II study of VEGF Trap-Eye in age-related macular degeneration.
(RVSN) RADvision lowered guidance.
(SRZ) Sunrise Senior Living said it found no evidence of options backdating.
(TASR) Taser had another liability suit dismissed.
(TWPG) Thomas Weisel announced an agreement to acquire Westwind Partners to go into energy and mining research.
(YHOO) Yahoo! signed mobile search pact with Telefonica in Europe and Latin America.

Jon C. Ogg
October 1, 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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