Pre-Open Movers 9/08: (CALP) (PMIC) (HOV) Higher; (GIII) (PLL) (WLT) Lower

Below are stocks making major moves in pre-open trading Thursday:

HIGHER:
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP) 41% HIGHER; acquired
Penn Millers Holding (Nasdaq: PMIC) 26% HIGHER; acquired
AVI Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVII) 5% HIGHER; new Buy rating
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV) 4% HIGHER; tops Q3 views
VeriFone (NYSE: PAY) 3% HIGHER; added to S&P MidCap 400
Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) 2% HIGHER; tops Q1 views
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) 2% HIGHER; gold up $46
Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) 1% HIGHER; upgraded

LOWER:
G-III Apparel Group Ltd (NASDAQ: GIII) 12% LOWER; misses Q2 views
Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL) 8% LOWER; misses Q4
SeaChange International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAC) 7% LOWER; misses Q2 views
Calumet Specialty (Nasdaq: CLMT) 5% LOWER; stock offering
GNC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GNC) 5% LOWER; stock offering
Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) 4% LOWER; downgraded
Dendreon (Nasdaq: DNDN) 4% LOWER; new Sell rating
Fusion-io Inc. (NYSE: FIO) 2% LOWER; new sell rating
Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: RPTP) 2% LOWER; stock offering
Mens Wearhouse, Inc. (NYSE: MW) 2% LOWER; tops Q2 views
Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) 2% LOWER; gives back some of yesterday's takeover rumors gains

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