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PennyOmega.com Stocks Upgraded, Downgraded and Short Highlights Before the Bell Monday August 3, 2009
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Pervasive Software(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:PVSW), a global value leader in embeddable data management and data integration software and revolutionary next-generation analytics, today announced completion of the purchase of assets from Greenville, SC-based ChanneLinx, Inc. The transaction was completed on July 31, 2009 for total consideration of approximately $2.6 million in cash.
AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), the world’s leading provider of smart fingerprint sensors and solutions, and Murata, one of the world’s leading providers of ceramic based components, sensors, and filters and RF modules for communications equipment, announced today that they have signed a distributor agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Murata has become an AuthenTec distributor to customers in Japan as well as to a number of specific mobile systems accounts throughout the world.
Microchip Technology Inc.(NASDAQ:MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the low-cost ENC624J600 standalone, IEEE 802.3(TM) compliant, 100 Mbps Ethernet interface controllers. These Ethernet controllers combine a 10/100Base-TX physical interface (PHY) and a Media Access Controller (MAC) with a hardware cryptographic security engine, and can connect to any PIC(R) microcontroller via an industry-standard Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) or a flexible parallel interface. Additionally, each device has a unique, factory-preprogrammed MAC address and 24 Kbytes of configurable SRAM for packet transmit/receive buffering and data storage. This combination of speed, flexibility and features enables designers to create fast, secure network- and Internet-connected embedded applications with minimized board space, cost and complexity.
First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ - FRME) has reported a June 30, 2009, net loss of $31.2 million, or $1.48 per fully diluted common share. The Corporation’s second quarter contributed to year-to-date fully diluted common share loss of $1.31, down from the prior year income of $.81.
MDRNA, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) announced today positive data on its proprietary UsiRNA technology, demonstrating that its UsiRNAs are highly potent against metabolic disease and cancer targets in rodent models. Further, the data establish that the knockdown of these targets is achieved via an RNAi-mediated process. Of particular importance is that the data demonstrate that strategic placement of UNA (unlocked nucleobase analogs) results in the ability to manipulate, either increasing or decreasing, strand-specific activity thus minimizing off-target activity and providing the ability to impart improved drug-like characteristics to the UsiRNAs. The data are being presented today by Michael V. Templin, Ph.D., Vice President, Discovery Research and Pharmaceutical Development of MDRNA, at the IBC Drug Discovery & Development Week, Oligonucleotide Therapeutics: From Concept to Implementation, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Stocks Upgraded Today
| Company |
Ticker |
Brokerage Firm |
Ratings Change |
Price Target |
| Orbitz |
OWW |
Benchmark |
Hold » Buy |
$2 » $4 |
| Priceline.com |
PCLN |
Benchmark |
Hold » Buy |
$115 » $147 |
| Sappi Limited |
SPP |
UBS |
Sell » Neutral |
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| Education Realty Trust |
EDR |
KeyBanc Capital Mkts |
Hold » Buy |
$6 |
| Sirona Dental Systems |
SIRO |
Robert W. Baird |
Neutral » Outperform |
$19 » $33 |
Stocks Downgraded Today
| Company |
Ticker |
Brokerage Firm |
Ratings Change |
Price Target |
| Mortons Restaurant Group |
MRT |
Piper Jaffray |
Neutral » Underweight |
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| McCormick & Schmick’s |
MSSR |
Piper Jaffray |
Neutral » Underweight |
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| VisionChina Media |
VISN |
Susquehanna Financial |
Positive » Neutral |
|
| Huron Consulting |
HURN |
Robert W. Baird |
Neutral » Underperform |
$50 » $15 |
| Huron Consulting |
HURN |
Deutsche Securities |
Buy » Hold |
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| Total S.A. |
TOT |
UBS |
Buy » Neutral |
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| Burger King |
BKC |
JP Morgan |
Overweight » Neutral |
$21 » $19 |
| Huron Consulting |
HURN |
Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey |
Buy » Neutral |
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| Huron Consulting |
HURN |
Oppenheimer |
Outperform » Underperform |
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| Vectren |
VVC |
Robert W. Baird |
Outperform » Neutral |
$28 » $26 |
| Sovran Self Storage |
SSS |
Oppenheimer |
Perform » Underperform |
$22 |
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