Q3 Earnings Winners and Losers: (INHX) (MEG) (QSII) (ITT) More....

Closing out the first three weeks of the earnings season, which companies have performed the best and worst on the heels of numbers?

Below are the top five gainers and decliners following reports. The movements are tracked up to a week after reports, and don't include any other influences like M&A deals, rumors, management changes, or the like (click the company names to see the full earnings report).

Top five gainers:

• Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq: INHX) - up 135 percent;
  
  
• Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) - 89.2% higher;
  
  
• Dex One Corporation (Nasdaq: DEXO) - 85.9% higher;
  
  
• Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: OWW) - up 62.1%, and
  
  
• Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEIX) - up 55.9%.

Top five decliners:

• Quality Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: QSII) - down 55.8%;
  
  
• ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) - down 54.2%;
  
  
• Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID) - 51.9% lower;
  
  
• Career Education Corp. (Nasdaq: CECO) - 50.0% lower, and
  
  
• Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) - down 42.0%.

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