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Apria Healthcare (NYSE:AHG - News) shares slipped Tuesday after the company was downgraded to reduce from neutral at UBS.
ExpressJet (NYSE:XJT - News) was initiated at Prudential with an underweight rating and a $3 price target.
Frozen Food Express Industries Inc. (NasdaqGM:FFEX - News) shares fell after the Dallas-based perishable goods carrier reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $4.32 million, or 24 cents a share, down from $6.36 million, or 34 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $113.5 million from $141.9 million.
InfoSonics Corp. (NasdaqGM:IFON - News) shares fell after the San Diego-based distributor of wireless handsets reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $560,958, or 4 cents a share, down from $811,179, or 6 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue rose 74.1% to $60.9 million from $35 million.
InterMune Inc. (NasdaqGM:ITMN - News) shares plummeted Tuesday, as investors bailed out of the biopharmaceutical company's stock after management said a key late-stage study for pulmonary drug Actimmune would be discontinued.
Medical Staffing Network Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MRN - News) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $24.8 million, or 82 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $292,000, or a penny a share, in the year-ago period. The fourth-quarter 2006 results included a pretax non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $28.6 million. Revenue at the Boca Raton, Fla.-based healthcare staffing company rose to $99.5 million from $97.7 million.
Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE:VOL - News) swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit as the company sought to control general and administrative expenses, including workers' compensation and insurance costs. The New York staffing company said Tuesday that net income for the quarter ended Jan. 28 was $727,000, or 3 cents a share, compared with a loss of $377,000, or 2 cents a share, a year earlier. The year-earlier quarter included a $1.02 million charge for a minority interest. Revenue fell slightly to $548.8 million from $549.5 million.
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Bullish calls:
Comcast (NasdaqGS: CMCSA): ' I think that CMCSA is done going down. It's a very good stock to own in a slowdown. Pull the trigger multiple times on CMCSA. There!'Fuel Tech (NasdaqGM: FTEK): 'It's one of the few companies on alternative energy that are actually maknig money. I like that! Pull the trigger FTEK - get back in!'American Tower (NYSE: AMT - News): ' ... the tower business is a good business. It's just a great generator of cash, so I like it.'Intuitive Surgical (NasdaqGS: ISRG): 'I think that ISRG, AKAM and HOLX are the three high-growth stocks that the momentum crowd is going to gravitate to.'Hologic (NasdaqGS: HOLX)Akamai Technologies (NasdaqGS: AKAM)Continental (NYSE: CAL - News): 'We're going with CAL.'World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE - News): 'I've liked it. The stock has done absolutely nothing, but you do get that 6% yield while you wait for something to happen, particularly overseas.'GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK - News): ' one of the few drugs stocks that I actually like. It has a very good generic, over-the-counter business.'
Neutral calls:
Melco PBL Entertainment (NasdaqGM: MPEL): 'You know, I'm hurting with this MPEL ... Now, the problem is the Macau - no one wants to do anything with China, because China's now in trouble... I have been saying back up the truck on this MPEL down here. I don't want to back away from that, but I have to tell you that this stock - if it goes back to $18-19 - we're going to re-evaluate. '
Bearish calls:
Jefferies (NYSE: JEF - News): ' ... when you miss a quarter in this game, and a lot of other brokerage houses didn't, I think you've got to just wait ... Don't buy, don't buy.'Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG - News): 'They missed the quarter. They've become the punching bag of the shorts ... I've got so many companies that have so-called made the quarter, I don't need to step down in quality. HOG? Don't buy, don't buy.'Fastenal (NasdaqGS: FAST): ' You've got a stock at a 52-week low that, frankly, I don't like. I'm sorry, but boy are we being tough in this post-416 decline. Again, don't buy.'Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM - News): 'This is one of the best... you know, it's a commodity semiconductor. It's been doing incredibly well. It's at a 52-week high. You know I don't really like the semi-conductor index. This stock - I would honestly - even though it yields 3% - let's take some money off the table. I'm not crazy about TSM right here.'ExpressJet (NYSE: XJT - News)
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