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ENSG enviable, ALU alluring, ONSM off

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Ensign Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG) shares advanced 14% to $30.35, on volume of 209,000 shares, more than double its daily average, after the operator of rehabilitative centers reported a rise in fourth-quarter earnings.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) was busy Thursday, trading in 51 million shares, doubling and then some its daily average. ALU prices improved 1.9% to $5.00.

Onstream Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ONSM) lost 9.6% in price Thursday to $1.23. Volume was 282,878 shares, more than double its daily average, a day after announcing an agreement with Franchise Professionals to create MarketPlace365 for the franchise industry.

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WTW big gains, MSFT heavy volume, THLD takes profits

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Weight Watchers International Inc. (NYSE: WTW) shares surged 41% to $63.32. Share volume was 7.5 million shares, dwarfing its daily average of 303,000, after fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled.

Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) dealt in 37.5 million shares Thursday, catching up on its daily average of 57.2 million, MSFT prices improved 0.8% to $27.23.

Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: THLD) gave back 14.9% in price Thursday to $2.34. Volume was 3.9 million shares, nearly 10 times its daily average, after agreeing with the FDA on a Special Protocol Assessment for a Phase 3 randomized trial of TH-302 in patients with soft tissue sarcoma.

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AXK flies, CSCO steady, SCMF goes south

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Accelr8 Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AXK) shares surged 56.9% to $3.17. Share volume was 637, 851 shares, or better than 20 times its daily average. AXK focuses to develop and commercialize an integrated system to identify bacteria and their mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in critically ill patients.

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) traded widely Thursday, dealing in 52.1 million shares Thursday, catching up on its daily average of 74.8 CSCO prices nipped up 0.7% to $18.70

Southern Community Financial Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMF) plummeted 14.9% in price Thursday to $1.26. Volume was 115,000 shares, better than five times its daily average, after entering into a consent order with regulators.

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KV just the tonic, NVDA hooks up, QTWWD spooked

Monday, February 14th, 2011

KV Pharmaceutical Co. (NYSE: KV.A) shares screamed higher 39.7%, to $6.12, on volume of 6.0 million, or eight times its normal daily volume. KV said Monday it expects to raise $32 million through a private placement of Class A stock

Nvidia Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) dealt in 29.4 million shares Monday, surpassing a daily average of 24.7 million. Prices for NVDA subsided, though, by 1.6% to $23.10, after announcing over the weekend partnerships with Samsung and Atmel.

Quantum Fuel systems Technological Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWWD) eased in price by 15.6% Monday to $6.06. Volume was 271,711 shortly before the close, or more than five times its average, after announcing a quarterly operating loss of $4.9 million.

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HGR sprints, S hangs in there, PACR falls off pace

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Hanger Orthopedic Group (NYSE: HGR) shares rocketed 20.5% to $27.43 Thursday, on volume of just more than a million shares, already five times its daily average, after announcing a 10% surge in sales, though profits were down.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) traded in 100.5 million shares Thursday, more than twice its daily average. Prices sprang up 3.9% to $4.52, amid higher subscription rates.

Pacer International Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) shares plummeted 20.8% to $5.46. Volumes of two million shares quadrupled its daily average, after reporting Wednesday a surprise quarterly loss of $1.1 million, compared to a $9.3-million gain in the prior-year quarter.

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