Monday, June 9, 2008

YouTube - Green Mile: The Tesla Roadster Ferrari $98,000 electric car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muQ4ZCJAAMc#
YouTube - Green Mile: The Tesla Roadster Ferrari $98,000 electric car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muQ4ZCJAAMc#

Insurance Broker Willis to Acquire HRH

In what is believed to be the insurance brokerage industry's biggest deal in a decade, Willis Group Holdings (WSH) has agreed to buy Richmond (Va.)-based Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) in a deal valued at $2.1 billion. The deal will cement $2.6-billion-a-year Willis' standing as No. 3 in the industry globally, by adding HRH's $800 million a year in revenues.

this is a cash deal, hrh gapping up 45 percent. unfortunately the deal is cash. look for flat chart after open.
Insurance Broker Willis to Acquire HRH


Pre Market Trading Gaps

Gapping up:

HEV +8.3%, TWTI +5.8%, MOS +3.4%, WM +3.3%, IART +2.8%, BP +2.3%, NOK +2.2%, XIDE +2.2%, RDS.A +2.1%, IR +2.0%, TS +1.5%, CPRT +1.1%...

Gapping down:

LEH -7.6%, RBS -3.8%, UBS -3.0%, GOLD -2.8%, XL -2.0%, VOD -2.0%, BCS -1.9%, MER -1.9%.


NYSE Pre MArket Trading Arca Morning Update

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
HRH

$30.99

$43.85

41%

400

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
$203,263,532
LEH
$99,624,173
QQQQ
$21,195,028
AAPL
$18,675,292
IWM
$11,363,832
TWTI
$10,565,000
VOD
$6,199,578
BP
$5,290,352
NOK
$4,337,467
FXI
$3,633,768
Stock
Share Volume
LEH
3,346,406
SPY
1,485,843
TWTI
950,470
QQQQ
431,410
VOD
200,200
NOK
162,405
IWM
153,448
ALU
106,301
AAPL
100,014
BP
75,006


NYSE Arca Morning Update

Pre-Market Trading 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)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
$32.24 $36.50 13.21% 40,941

XOMA Ltd.
$1.88 $2.10 11.70% 11,553

Hoku Scientific, Inc.
$7.22 $7.70 6.65% 6,661

Third Wave Technologies, Inc.
$10.50 $11.11 5.81% 1,129,969

Exide Technologies
$17.49 $18.49 5.72% 8,538

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
$3.14 $3.25 3.50% 7,300

TXCO Resources Inc.
$12.35 $12.55 1.62% 3,000

RF Micro Devices, Inc.
$4.03 $4.08 1.24% 3,000

Evergreen Solar, Inc.
$9.82 $9.94 1.22% 3,250

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
$2.57 $2.60 1.17% 7,985

As of 6/9/2008 8:15:57 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)

Royale Energy, Inc.
$9.18 $8.04 12.42% 38,030

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
$12.82 $11.55 9.91% 10,531

TASER International, Inc.
$6.90 $6.34 8.12% 31,120

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$29.93 $27.70 7.45% 5,215

As of 6/9/2008 8:15:17 AM



Pre-Market Most Active Stocks - NASDAQ Premarket

Pre-market movers LEH MER NOK WM - BloggingStocks

Lehman (NYSE:LEH) is off 8% on bad earnings.

Merril Lynch (NYSE:MER) is off almost 3% on concerns it may post large losses.

Washington Mutual (NYSE:WM) is up about 3% on what seems to be a dead-cat bounce from last week's lows.

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is up over 2% probably on news that WiMax patent holders are creating a pool to accelerate adoption.


Pre-market movers LEH MER NOK WM - BloggingStocks

Pre MArket Trading Analyst Calls

  • AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) started as Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.
  • Eaton Corp. (NYSE: ETN) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Hess (NYSE: HES) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
  • Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ: LECO) started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) started as Underperform at RBC Capital Markets.
  • Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • Murphy Oil (NYSE: MUR) cut to Underweight at JP Morgan.
  • Novo-Nordisk AS (NYSE: NVO) raised to Neutral at HSBC Securities.
  • SWS Group (NYSE: SWS) started as Market Perform at KBW.
  • Webster Financial (NYSE: WBS) raised to Outperform at KBW.


24/7 Wall St.

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

FTSE 100+16.20+0.27%5,923.00
XETRA-DAX+8.85+0.13%6,812.66
CAC 40+12.28+0.26%4,807.60
HANG SENG+146.89+0.61%24,402.18
NIKKEI 225-308.06-2.13%14,181.38

U.S. Dollar vs Euro-0.0005-0.03%1.5785

U.S. Dollar vs Yen+1.1100+1.06%0.0095

U.S. Dollar vs UK £+0.01+0.48%1.98
Open Closed

S&P 500 +3.90 1363.40 6/9 7:56am S&P 500 FUTURES
Fair Value
1360.72 6/8 11:21am
Difference*
+2.68
NASDAQ +7.75 1996.50 6/9 7:56am NASDAQ FUTURES
Fair Value
1991.55 6/8 11:21am
Difference*
+4.95
Dow Jones +36.00 12250.00 6/9 7:51am



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

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