Mar 10, 2008

Monday, March 10, 2008

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NWV News -- US Vaccine Maker Target of Homicide Investigation

By Jim Kouri
Posted 1:00 AM Eastern
March 3, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

In a criminal case guaranteed to send shockwaves throughout the international pharmaceutical industry, French authorities are targeting a US-based drug company and its executives in a homicide investigation.

The multi-billion dollar corporation GlaxoSmithKline and one of its key executives are facing possible manslaughter charges stemming from allegations that the company failed to fully disclose side effects from an anti-Hepatitis "B" vaccine distributed between 1994 and 1998.

Also being investigated is the French-based drug company Sanofi Pasteur, which also sold doses of the Hepatitis "B" vaccine, according to French news sources

"The investigations are in response to allegations that the companies failed to fully disclose side effects from an anti-hepatitis B drug used between 1994 and 1998," stated the French source.

NYSE Arca Morning Update

NYSE Arca Morning Update for Monday, Mar 10, 2008 :

Stocks trading on NYSE Arca at a price more than 15% away from the previous trade day's consolidated close price. (As of 08:30:00 ET)

Stock	Friday's Close	Current Price	Pct Chng	Current NYSE Arca Vol
KERX	$5.23	$0.75	( 86%)	1,902,051
TCM	$6.60	$8.61	30%	2,880
CRAI	$38.22	$28.00	( 27%)	2,000
SPPI	$2.44	$3.08	26%	21,780
NFS	$37.89	$46.91	24%	1,700

10 Most Active stocks on NYSE Arca as of 08:30:00 ET

Based on Dollar Volume:

Based on Share Volume:

Stock	Dollar Volume
SPY	$173,231,937
IWM	$32,740,245
QQQQ	$16,432,785
BP	$6,659,493
SLV	$5,560,707
GLD	$4,045,516
AAPL	$3,782,246
NLY	$2,699,687
KERX	$1,470,166
GOOG	$1,467,114

Stock	Share Volume
KERX	1,902,051
SPY	1,333,239
IWM	494,410
QQQQ	390,166
NLY	171,701
ABK	147,470
BP	101,900
TSM	60,400
GLD	42,454
CFC	41,024

Pre-Market Most Active Stocks - NASDAQ Premarket

NASDAQ - Pre-Market Ten Most Advanced

Active Share Volume

Declined

Symbol

Company Name

Market
Close

Last Sale (Pre-Market)

% Change
(Pre-Market)

Share
Volume
(Pre-Market)

SPPI

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$2.44

$3.35

37.30%

65,860

SEED

Origin Agritech Limited

$5.53

$6.05

9.40%

9,202

TSRA

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

$15.13

$15.98

5.62%

6,586

FSLR

First Solar, Inc.

$196.82

$200.05

1.64%

14,161

SIRI

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.

$2.73

$2.77

1.47%

3,650

AMAT

Applied Materials, Inc.

$20.09

$20.30

1.05%

31,600

ETFC

E*TRADE Financial Corporation

$3.74

$3.75

0.27%

3,284

AAPL

Apple Inc.

$122.25

$122.48

0.19%

38,136

QQQQ

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1

$42.07

$42.11

0.10%

1,010,230

As of 3/10/2008 8:18:47 AM

NASDAQ - Pre-Market Ten Most Declined

Active Share Volume

Advanced

Symbol

Company Name

Market
Close

Last Sale (Pre-Market)

% Change
(Pre-Market)

Share
Volume
(Pre-Market)

LVLT

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

$2.18

$2.05

5.96%

45,318

CIEN

CIENA Corporation

$27.80

$27.40

1.44%

17,246

NVDA

NVIDIA Corporation

$19.55

$19.45

0.51%

3,700

CSCO

Cisco Systems, Inc.

$24.11

$24.10

0.04%

630,000

As of 3/10/2008 8:18:25 AM

24/7 Wall St.

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ARO, ABH, FAST, JCP, JWN, KERX, MHS, AMTR, SHOR, SPLS, VE)

These are some of the analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in early pre-market trading this Monday morning:

Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) Cut To Sell From Hold at Citigroup.
AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) Raised to Market Perform at Raymond James.
Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST) Started as Equalweight at Morgan Stanley.
JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) & Nordstom (NYSE: JWN) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) Cut to Neutral at JP Morgan.
Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Omniture (NASDAQ: AMTR) Raised To Outperform at FBR.
ShoreTel (NASDAQ: SHOR) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

U.S. stock futures point to sluggish start; Countrywide falls - MarketWatch

The latest quarterly results are due from the Blackstone Group (BX:

and, after the close, Texas Instruments (TXN:

TXN

and Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV:

HOV

McDonald's (MCD:

MCD

also is expected to release February sales figures.

The FBI is probing Countrywide Financial (CFC:

CFC

over allegations of securities fraud, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Countrywide shares dropped 7% to $4.73 in Frankfurt trade.

Bank of America (BAC:

BAC

which has agreed to buy the lender, edged 0.5% higher.

Virgin Media (VMED:

VMED

the U.S.-listed, U.K.-based cable operator, could be the target of a buyout offer worth up to $7.5 billion from a team of private-equity houses, according to a report in the Observer newspaper.

Fitch Ratings dropped their financial sector ratings coverage of bond insurer MBIA (MBI:

MBI

late on Friday, following criticism by the company over its analysis and fees.

Overseas, the Malaysian stock market dropped 10% after the ruling coalition lost its two-thirds majority for the first time in almost four decades.

Other markets were generally weaker, with the Nikkei 225 losing nearly 2% in Tokyo and the FTSE 100 down 0.4% in London.

Yields on 10-year Treasury bonds fell to 3.49%, and the dollar dropped sharply against the Japanese yen, down 0.8% to 101.91 yen.

Crude-oil futures fell 10 cents to $105.05 a barrel, while gold futures rose $4.40 to $978.60 an ounce.

Pre-Market: Stock Trading Before the Markets Open from CNNMoney

FTSE 100	+11.80	+0.21%	5,711.70
XETRA-DAX	+13.27	+0.20%	6,527.26
CAC 40	+2.53	+0.05%	4,621.49
HANG SENG	+203.72	+0.91%	22,705.05
NIKKEI 225	-250.67	-1.96%	12,532.13

U.S. Dollar vs Euro	-0.0001	-0.01%	1.5359
U.S. Dollar vs Yen	-0.2800	-0.27%	0.0098
U.S. Dollar vs UK £	+0.00	+0.14%	2.02