Largest $ Movers of Note - StreetInsider.com - 05/15/2007

May 15, 2007 1:48 PM EDT

UPWARD MOVERS:
Winn-Dixie Stores (Nasdaq: WINN) +$7.49; Reports Q3 EPS of $0.33. WINN reports Q3 revenues of $1.68 billion compared to $1.66 billion for the same period last year. Identical store sales rose by 1.6% for the 12 week period and increased by 1.7% for the 40 week period.

Hanson plc (NYSE: HAN) +$5.33; HeidelbergCement announces it will acquire Hanson for $8 billion pounds (approx. $16 billion US).

ALTANA AG (NYSE: AAA) +$4.68; Company to pay out EUR 33.00 special dividend resulting from the sale of ALTANA Pharma to Nycomed. ALTANA AG will now concentrate on its specialty chemicals business.

Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (NYSE: IR) +$3.46; Initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives for its Bobcat and construction-related businesses, including the Utility Equipment and Attachments businesses. In addition, the company's board of directors yesterday approved the expansion of its share-repurchase authorization, originally announced in December 2006, from $2 billion to $4 billion.

Reuters Group Plc (Nasdaq: RTRSY) +$2.55; Agrees to $17.2B takeover offer from Thomson Corp (NYSE: TOC)



DOWNWARD MOVERS:
Terra Nitrogen Co. LP (Nasdaq: TNH) -$7.65; Stock selling off after jumping over 35% since April 30th, 2007.

Kreisler Manufacturing Corporation (Nasdaq: KRSL) -$3.60; Reports Q3 EPS of $0.16 compared to $0.24 for the same period last year. Revenues were $6.25 million compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year.

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NASDAQ: KALU) -$3.44; Reports Q1 EPS of $0.85, 22 cents worse than estimates. Net sales for the first quarter of 2007 increased 17 percent to $392 million, compared to $336 million for the first quarter of 2006. (Consensus is $382.86 million)

Biosite Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSTE) -$3.00; Beckman Coulter (NYSE: DEC) decides against raising bid above $90 per share to acquire Biosite.

Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) +$1.53; Reports a Q1 loss of $0.87. Revenues were $416 million ($368.83 million pro-forma) compared to $370.31 million for the same period last year.


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AAA 0.50

+0.00 +0.00%
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BSTE 0.01

-92.48 -99.99%
Volume: 0
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FIG 4.11

-0.10 -2.38%
Volume: 747,794
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HAN 109.15

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
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IR 36.00

-0.38 -1.04%
Volume: 2,544,059
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KALU 40.48

+0.48 +1.20%
Volume: 61,555
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KRSL 4.35

-0.01 -0.23%
Volume: 120
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RTRSY 74.40

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
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TNH 111.66

-1.24 -1.10%
Volume: 47,241
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TOC 35.70

-1.73 -4.62%
Volume: 356,980
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WINN 11.18

+0.04 +0.36%
Volume: 252,591
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