09/12 StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers
FortuNet, Inc (Nasdaq: FNET) 33% HIGHER; Stock has been regaining momentum the past few sessions with no specific news. The stock fell over 55% from July 13, 2006, but has picked up 94% over the 4 sessions.
TeleCommunication Systems (NASDAQ: TSYS) 20.2% HIGHER; Announced it has been selected by the U.S. Army's World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) Program Management Office to participate in a five-year, $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract.
Natural Health Trends Corp. (Nasdaq: BHIP) 20% LOWER; The Rosen Law Firm Files Class Action Charging Natural Health Trends With Securities Fraud.
Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN) 15% HIGHER; Announced that following a recent meeting of the independent Data Monitoring Committee of the Company's Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of sickle cell disease, the DMC recommended that the ASSERT trial continue its enrollment of patients on concurrent hydroxyurea therapy. This second meeting followed a review of an updated data set as requested by the DMC at a meeting earlier this year.
Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. (NASDAQ: HAYZ) 13% HIGHER; Continued momentum after reporting Q2 earnings results yesterday.
Bally Total Fitness (NYSE: BFT) 13% LOWER; Reported a Q2 loss of $0.02 compared to a profit of $0.05 for the same period last year. Revenues were $254.63 million compared to $259.62 million for the same period last year.
Lone Star Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LSS) 8.75% HIGHER; Bear Stearns upgrades LSS from Peer Perform to Outperform.
Hypercom Corp. (NYSE: HYC) 8.4% LOWER; No significant news released to push the stock lower. Separately, the Company announced IRN Payment Systems one of the nation's premier credit card processors, announced that it has selected and Class A certified Hypercom Corp.'s Optimum T4100 multi-application card payment terminal. Also, Roth Capital reiterated a Buy on the stock this morning.
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) 6.75% HIGHER; Company says In the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, Chiquita's average banana prices declined 17% on a local currency basis. The volume of bananas the company sold in its core European markets rose 11% overall in the July-August 2006 period. The volume of bananas the company sold in Asia Pacific and the Middle East rose 20 percent year-over-year in the two-month period, due primarily to growth in markets outside of Japan.
Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) 5.5% HIGHER; Stock moving higher on positive earnings report and guidance from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). Note - The Company reports financial results on Sept. 20th.
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) 4.3% LOWER; Reports Q2 EPS of $0.30 (excluding $0.01 stock option expense), 1 cent better than estimates. Revenues were $15.1 billion vs. $14.64 billion consensus. Based on its year-to-date financial performance, the Company confirms its guidance for earnings per share growth in 2006 of 6 - 8%.
TeleCommunication Systems (NASDAQ: TSYS) 20.2% HIGHER; Announced it has been selected by the U.S. Army's World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) Program Management Office to participate in a five-year, $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract.
Natural Health Trends Corp. (Nasdaq: BHIP) 20% LOWER; The Rosen Law Firm Files Class Action Charging Natural Health Trends With Securities Fraud.
Icagen, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGN) 15% HIGHER; Announced that following a recent meeting of the independent Data Monitoring Committee of the Company's Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of sickle cell disease, the DMC recommended that the ASSERT trial continue its enrollment of patients on concurrent hydroxyurea therapy. This second meeting followed a review of an updated data set as requested by the DMC at a meeting earlier this year.
Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. (NASDAQ: HAYZ) 13% HIGHER; Continued momentum after reporting Q2 earnings results yesterday.
Bally Total Fitness (NYSE: BFT) 13% LOWER; Reported a Q2 loss of $0.02 compared to a profit of $0.05 for the same period last year. Revenues were $254.63 million compared to $259.62 million for the same period last year.
Lone Star Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LSS) 8.75% HIGHER; Bear Stearns upgrades LSS from Peer Perform to Outperform.
Hypercom Corp. (NYSE: HYC) 8.4% LOWER; No significant news released to push the stock lower. Separately, the Company announced IRN Payment Systems one of the nation's premier credit card processors, announced that it has selected and Class A certified Hypercom Corp.'s Optimum T4100 multi-application card payment terminal. Also, Roth Capital reiterated a Buy on the stock this morning.
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) 6.75% HIGHER; Company says In the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, Chiquita's average banana prices declined 17% on a local currency basis. The volume of bananas the company sold in its core European markets rose 11% overall in the July-August 2006 period. The volume of bananas the company sold in Asia Pacific and the Middle East rose 20 percent year-over-year in the two-month period, due primarily to growth in markets outside of Japan.
Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) 5.5% HIGHER; Stock moving higher on positive earnings report and guidance from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). Note - The Company reports financial results on Sept. 20th.
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) 4.3% LOWER; Reports Q2 EPS of $0.30 (excluding $0.01 stock option expense), 1 cent better than estimates. Revenues were $15.1 billion vs. $14.64 billion consensus. Based on its year-to-date financial performance, the Company confirms its guidance for earnings per share growth in 2006 of 6 - 8%.
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