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Today's Alerts

ADS 52.80 Buyers
BEN 94.50 Buyers
BNI 100.25 Sellers
BTU 68.00 Buyers
CBI 47.00 Buyers
CNQ 88.00 Breakout
COG 59.00 Breakdown
DHR 76.00 Breakout
ESV 70.00 Sellers
ETN 83.75 Buyers
FCX 124.00 Breakout Pre-Market Seller
HES 117.00 Sellers
HLF 44.00 Sellers
HOC 44.00 Sellers
JCG 43.25 Sellers
KSS 45.50 Buyers
LDK 32.50 Buyers
LVS 72.00 Breakout
MRO 48.20 Sellers
NBL 92.00 Breakout
PBR 127.25 Buyers
PX 93.75 Breakout
RDC 41.00 Buyers
SLB 106.25 Breakout
SUN 53.00 Buyers
XEC 63.75 Buyers
XTO 70.00 Sellers

-MM

Stocks To Keep Your Eye On - 04/23/2008

Company/EPS Estimate
- (R)/.87
- (FCX)/2.16
- (FCL)/.32
- (ABC)/.76
- (MCO)/.35
- (PX)/.95
- (WLP)/1.18
- (PFCB)/.32
- (BA)/1.35
- (UPS)/.86
- (CMG)/.48
- (ALL)/1.62
- (AFL)/.96
- (TEX)/1.41
- (RYL)/-1.29
- (NE)/1.31
- (ACL)/1.43
- (PHM)/-.91
- (BDX)/1.03
- (GD)/1.30
- (SGP)/.38
- (DAL)/-.51
- (EMC)/.16
- (ATI)/1.48

Raymond James Financial Inc. (RJF) increased $2.04, or 8.9 percent, to $25 in extended trading. The biggest U.S. regional brokerage said second-quarter profit climbed to 50 cents a share, helped by its commercial-banking unit. The company was expected to earn 42 cents, the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

VMware Inc. (VMW) gained $8.48, or 15 percent, to $66.50 in extended trading. The maker of software that lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer reported first-quarter sales that beat analysts' estimates as more companies used its products to cut costs and save energy.

EMC Corp. (EMC), VMware's majority owner, added 96 cents, or 6.2 percent, to $16.55 in extended trading.

IPO

Intrepid Potash (IPI), a producer of crop nutrients, prices its 30 mln share IPO at $32/share, well above the forecast range of $27-$29/share.

Today's Alerts

ACI 63.50 Breakout 52 Wk High
ADS 52.00 Sellers
AKS 70.00 Breakout 52 Wk High
APD 102.00 Sellers
BEN 99.00 Sellers
BNI 100.00 Sellers
CAM 51.00 Sellers
CNX 90.00 Breakout
DHR 76.00 Sellers
ESV 70.00 Sellers
FII 32.00 Buyers
GWW 88.00 Seller
HES 113.00 Seller
HOC 44.00 Buyers
JCP 38.00 Buyers
KSU 44.00 Sellers
LVS 65.00 Buyers
NUE 76.50 Breakout
PBR 130.00 Breakout 52 Wk High
PCP 118.00 Breakout
PH 77.50 Breakout
ROK 61.50 Sellers
SII 78.50 Sellers
SLB 108.00 Sellers
SPG 104.15 Breakout
STI 53.00 Sellers
SWN 41.00 Sellers
TXT 61.50 Sellers
WHR 83.00 Sellers
XEC 64.50 Sellers

-MM

Stocks To Keep Your Eye On - 04/22/2008

Company/EPS Estimate
- (PNR)/.48
- (EAT)/.32
- (LXK)/.89
- (UNH)/.80
- (BJS)/.55
- (CSL)/.55
- (OMC)/.62
- (KMB)/1.07
- (JEC)/.78
- (CME)/4.81
- (STI)/1.03
- (BTU)/1.6
- (SII)/.87
- (CPO)/.71
- (WAT)/.64
- (MCD)/.70
- (SHW)/.60
- (BHI)/1.20
- (PH)/1.34
- (LMT)/1.63
- (COH)/.45
- (DD)/1.28
- (WYE)/.89
- (WU)/.28
- (T)/.74
- (AKS)/.83
- (AVY)/.81
- (RHI)/.46
- (YUM)/.40
- (XL)/2.24
- (NSC)/.77
- (VMW)/.22
- (RJF)/.41
- (CEC)/1.12
- (VFC)/1.28
- (AAI)/-.31

Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) gained 69 cents, or 5.3 percent, to $13.70 after the official close of U.S. exchanges. The world's biggest maker of drug-coated stents said profit more than doubled in the first quarter on lower costs and increased sales of defibrillators and other heart devices. Earnings per share excluding some items beat analysts' estimates by 11 cents, according to a Bloomberg survey.

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) fell $1.69, or 13 percent, to $11.05 in extended trading. The commercial lender trying to escape a cash squeeze said it would sell common stock and preferred shares to raise $1 billion.

Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) fell 61 cents, or 2 percent, to $29.98 in extended trading. The second-largest semiconductor maker in the U.S. forecast second-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates as demand for mobile-phone chips slows.

Watch POT, WLL, RRC, PCX, XEC for long breakouts.
Watch NEM, CHE, MOH for short breakdowns.

-MM