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June 28, 2010 19:45:16

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INDEXES
Dow down 5.29 to 10138.52 (-0.05%)
NASD down 2.83 to 2220.65 (-0.12%)
R2000 down 3.57 to 641.54 (-0.55%)
SP500 down 2.19 to 1074.57 (-0.20%)

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GAINERS - 13
OVTI up $1.35 to $23.96 (+5.97%)
HRB up 70¢ to $16.25 (+4.50%)
MO up 64¢ to $20.34 (+3.24%)
ZMH up $1.30 to $54.57 (+2.44%)
SYK up $1.09 to $51.04 (+2.18%)
HSIC up $1.02 to $56.74 (+1.83%)
*TTC up 90¢ to $52.74 (+1.73%)
AOS up 84¢ to $49.41 (+1.72%)
DRI up 67¢ to $39.67 (+1.71%)
IBM up $1.86 to $128.98 (+1.46%)

*HSY up 63¢ to $49.01 (+1.30%)
JNJ up 75¢ to $59.45 (+1.27%)
PII up 64¢ to $58.15 (+1.11%)

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Losers - 27
*RS down $2.00 to $39.32 (-4.84%)
*X down $1.69 to $41.55 (-3.90%)
*CLF down $1.93 to $54.44 (-3.42%)
TXT down 65¢ to $18.66 (-3.36%)
*JOYG down $1.86 to $54.08 (-3.32%)
JCG down $1.26 to $37.94 (-3.21%)
*CMI down $2.13 to $70.46 (-2.93%)
*IR down 99¢ to $37.01 (-2.60%)
WCG down 65¢ to $26.40 (-2.40%)
PVH down $1.20 to $49.05 (-2.38%)

POWL down 68¢ to $27.93 (-2.37%)
*OSK down 79¢ to $33.25 (-2.32%)
UNH down 69¢ to $29.19 (-2.30%)
BA down $1.47 to $67.30 (-2.13%)
WLP down 96¢ to $50.79 (-1.85%)
*ATI down 90¢ to $49.31 (-1.79%)
*NUE down 66¢ to $40.14 (-1.61%)
*DE down 93¢ to $58.51 (-1.56%)
*FO down 66¢ to $41.63 (-1.56%)
AMGN down 85¢ to $55.41 (-1.51%)

*ITW down 66¢ to $43.19 (-1.50%)
PCAR down 64¢ to $42.52 (-1.48%)
*ETN down 97¢ to $69.23 (-1.38%)
*APD down 79¢ to $67.79 (-1.15%)
UTX down 75¢ to $67.11 (-1.10%)
*WHR down $1.01 to $95.64 (-1.04%)
*MLM down 67¢ to $87.95 (-0.75%)

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VOLUME GAINERS
HRB up 189% to 9,903,400
ODP up 145% to 19,386,500
MO up 111% to 47,734,300
COO up 103% to 1,037,200
*RS up 85% to 1,724,400
OVTI up 85% to 3,788,000
*SEH up 62% to 382,500
*CCK up 33% to 2,192,400
*FLEX up 31% to 11,236,800
CUB up 31% to 148,100
ZMH up 27% to 2,642,800
*ARJ up 24% to 184,200
*TKR up 21% to 1,038,400
DRI up 19% to 2,767,500
JCG up 19% to 2,621,800

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HIGHS - 3
(*AZO) AutoZone - $198.22
(COO) Cooper Cos - $41.83
(OVTI) OmniVision Tech - $24.29

LOWS - 3
(JCP) J C Penney - $22.75
(NOK) Nokia - $8.21
(*SVU) Super Valu - $11.81

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DOW JONES NEWS

AFTER 4 PM

(MMM) 3M - chairman/CEO will tell an analyst meeting Tuesday that 2nd qtr 2010 sales are projected to be in the range of $6.6B-$6.75B (vs consensus $6.56B), reflecting an estimated 16% to 18% growth in organic sales volumes vs the 2nd qtr of 2009; sees total-dollar sales up 4%-6% vs the 1st qtr of 2010

(MMM) 3M - EVP of its Consumer and Office Business will describe at its analyst event Tuesday the ongoing actions to accelerate sales to 3M's retail customers around the world, including investments in brand building, new products and int'l markets

(SHLM) A. Schulman - names Francisco Castillo as Managing Director of Mexico

(AGP) Amerigroup - rated "positive" as Susquehanna Financial Group initiates coverage

(AAPL) Apple - 16GB version of the iPhone 4 carries a total bill of material of $187.51, based on preliminary cost estimates derived from an iSuppli Corp physical teardown of the product

(BA) Boeing - the future of a $29B jetliner order that state-controlled Dubai Aerospace Enterprise placed with Airbus and Boeing Co is uncertain amid the aircraft-leasing company's growing financial concerns, people familiar with the matter say, reports the WSJ

(CAT) Caterpillar - announces its expansion plans for the company's excavator facility in Xuzhou, China; has also reached an agreement with Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group to acquire XCMG's 15.87% ownership interest in Caterpillar Xuzhou Limited, a joint venture between Caterpillar and XCMG that was initially established in 1995; when complete, CXL will be a wholly-owned Caterpillar company

(CAG) Conagra - completes the purchase of the assets of American Pie, LLC

(GIS) Gen'l Mills - okays the repurchase of up to 100M common shares

(GIS) Gen'l Mills - raises qtrly dividend to 28¢ from 24¢

(HPQ) Hewlett Packard - announces new high-performance security solutions designed to prevent network breaches in a Converged Infrastructure by delivering comprehensive data protection across both physical and virtual environments

(KBR) KBR Inc - rated "buy" as Sterne, Agee & Leach Equity Research initiates coverage

(SPWRA) SunPower - announces that the team of students representing the University of Rosenheim, Germany at the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe has placed second, using high-performance SunPower solar panels to power the home they built for the competition

(TOL) Toll Brothers - announces the appointment of John K McDonald as SVP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

(UTX) Utd Technologies - unit, Carrier Corp, is reducing fuel usage and global green house gas emissions following a systematic analysis of its fleet of trucks and cars

GENERAL

(ALB) Albemarle - will increase the base price of SAYTEX BT-93W and SAYTEX BT-93 by $1.00/kg on all global shipments on or after August 1, or as contracts allow

(AM) Amer Greetings - introduces Tasties, a new line of cards that feature a deliciously dissolvable flavor-strip, safely sealed inside, that correspond with the art and sentiment of each card

(AAPL) Apple - says it sold more than 1.7M iPhone 4 smartphones within the first three days of the phone's launch

(ARW) Arrow Electr - unit, Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics, launches "Fast Track," a program for legacy Sun Microsystems resellers; the program assists resellers with enrolling in the Oracle PartnerNetwork and creating a pipeline of opportunities with selling Oracle technology

(ADP) Automatic Data - unveils ADP Workforce Now Comprehensive Services, which provides an even higher level of service and specialization to help mid-sized organizations with HR business process outsourcing needs

(AVT) Avnet - unit, Avnet Technology Solutions, announces it has been certified as a Cisco Unified Computing System C-Series Authorized Configurator; this certification enables Avnet to configure pre-built base Cisco Unified Computing Systems C-series servers by integrating processors, memory, hard drives and adaptors, accelerating customers' time to market

(BBY) Best Buy - is rolling out its own mobile broadband Internet service using the Best Buy Connect brand

(BA) Boeing - announces that Minnesota will benefit from approximately 230 jobs and an estimated $11M in annual economic impact if the Boeing NewGen Tanker is selected as the U.S. Air Force's next aerial refueling aircraft

(BA) Boeing - machinists at the Boeing St. Louis facility accepted an amended contract offer Sunday from the company, a deal that changes retirement benefits for workers hired January 2012

(CA) CA - will showcase at Cisco Live and the Cisco Live Virtual Events how to manage next-generation data centers with the integrations between the CA Service Assurance and Service Automation solutions and the Cisco Unified Computing System

(CSCO) Cisco Systems - signs a strategic letter of intent with Living PlanIT, a leading urban technology company that enables intelligent sustainable urban development and operations, to develop a sustainable, intelligent and connected community in Portugal

(CSCO) Cisco Systems - will announce at Cisco Live! major advances in energy management, data center virtualization, cloud computing and collaboration

(EBAY) EBay - unit, StubHub, will become the Official Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace for the University of Georgia and Virginia Tech athletic programs for the 2010-2011 seasons and beyond effective July 1

(IBM) IBM - and WiSpry Inc, the leader in tunable radio frequency semiconductor products for the wireless industry, collaborate to develop MEMS process technology and manufacture its tunable RF product roadmap

(IBM) IBM - says Comepay, a leading provider of self-service payment kiosks in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, has selected an IBM System z10 mainframe to run its core business operations

(IBM) IBM - says RTL Nederland, a leading entertainment company in the Netherlands, and InSites Consulting, a European-based market research consultancy firm, are using IBM predictive analytics to evaluate the television programs and increase viewer satisfaction

(JKHY) Jack Henry & Assoc - announces the rebranding of Pemco Technologies as JHA Payment Processing Solutions

(JNJ) Johnson & Johnson - unit, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc, signs a five-year collaboration agreement with the David H Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(KMT) Kennametal - announces the signing of a $500M five-year credit agreement, containing favorable pricing and enhanced liquidity relative to the company's amended 2006 agreement

(LII) Lennox Int'l - names James Borzi VP, operations

(NOK) Nokia - Nokia Siemens Networks venture is selected by Shaw Communications to provide the radio access network and core equipment for Shaw's next generation wireless network

(JWN) Nordstrom - plans to open in spring 2011 a Nordstrom Rack at The Parks at Arlington mall in Arlington TX and at the Towne Place at Garden State Park in Cherry Hill NJ

(ORCL) Oracle Corp - announces a world record result on the SAP sales and Distribution-Parallel standard application benchmark running the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application

(ORCL) Oracle Corp - announces the integration of Oracle Transportation Management 6.1 with Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0, allowing customers to benefit from a single platform designed to lower transportation costs, reduce operational inefficiencies and drive higher services levels

(ORCL) Oracle Corp - says Swedish women's fashion and home furnishings retailer Indiska has implemented a core retail platform based on Oracle Retail merchandising applications, the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and Oracle Fusion Middleware

(ORCL) Oracle Corp - unveils its next-generation Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems, including rackmount servers, blades and a 10 GbE cluster fabric

(PAYX) Paychex - announces Paychex HR Solutions, a blended human resource services offering that provides business owners with an on-site HR professional and a team of experts to help manage employment and administrative HR functions

(SPWRA) SunPower - says Richard Swanson, its chief technical officer and co-founder, was honored with the 2010 IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal at the recent IEEE Honors Ceremony

(TXT) Textron - unit, AAI Corp, receives a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity award with a total potential value of $47.5M from the U.S. Air Force 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah

(UTX) Utd Technologies - customer, Malaysian Airline System Bhd, has decided on Pratt & Whitney engines to power its fleet of 17 new Airbus 330s due to be delivered from next year, says Malaysian Airline's CEO

(UTX) Utd Technologies - says the Pratt & Whitney F135 propulsion system has powered the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing variant through another major program achievement, with the first supersonic flight of the STOVL F-35B aircraft

(UTX) Utd Technologies - unit, Sikorsky Aerospace Services, signs a memorandum of understanding with Job Performance Associates Inc for the development of interactive multimedia training products linked to Sikorsky technical publications

(VSH) Vishay Intertech - is adding to its Optoelectronics portfolio with a family of mid-range infrared sensors featuring digital and analog outputs in three package types; with a fast response time of 300 microseconds and low supply current of 0.85 mA, the industry-best detectors have a range of up to 30 meters when used as part of an interrupter design and a range of up to three meters when used as part of a reflective sensor

ISSUES

(CNH) CNH Global - unit, Case New Holland Inc, completes its previously announced private offering of $1.5B in aggregate principal amount of 7 7/8% senior notes due 2017 at an issue price of 99.32%

(CNH) CNH Global - unit, Case New Holland Inc, will redeem its outstanding 7.125% senior notes due 2014

LEGAL

(MO) Altria Group - the U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to review a landmark ruling that found the tobacco industry violated federal racketeering laws by engaging in a decades-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking (ratings are not affected by the ruling, says S&P)

M & A

(AA) Alcoa - agrees to purchase privately held Traco, a premier maker of windows and doors for the commercial building and construction market; Traco will become part of Alcoa's global Building and Construction Systems business; expects the purchase to be completed by 3rd qtr-end

(KFT) Kraft Foods - has signed an agreement to sell Cadbury's E. Wedel-branded chocolate and sugar confectionery operations in Poland to Lotte Group for an undisclosed sum; the sale, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, includes the E. Wedel business, its related brands and a manufacturing facility in Warsaw; approximately 1,000 Cadbury Wedel employees will transfer to Lotte Group

(VAL) Valspar - to buy Wattyl Ltd for A$142M, or A$1.67 a share

RATINGS

(JNJ) Johnson & Johnson - ratings are affirmed by Fitch; outlook is "stable"

(UHS) Universal Health - proposed senior secured bank credit facility is assigned a BB rating by Fitch, and rating is placed on Rating Watch Negative

RECOMMENDATIONS

(ANF) Abercrombie & Fitch - upgraded to "hold" from "sell" by Brean Murray Carret & Co

(HRB) Block H R - upgraded to "buy" from "neutral" by Northcoast Research

(HAL) Halliburton - upgraded to "outperform" from "neutral" by Macquarie

STAKES

(INTC) Intel Corp - interest, Smart Technologies, unveils estimated details of its planned IPO, and anticipates the sale of at least 35.3M Class A subordinate voting shares at $16-$18 apiece; Smart Technologies will sell 8.8M shares, while current holders, including Intel Corp, will offer the rest

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SHORT INTEREST (Days to Cover)

Increases - 50

STJ up 70% to 5,341,915 (2.02)
AVX up 68% to 508,009 (1.56)
EBAY up 66% to 43,995,316 (2.21)
HSY up 62% to 8,592,486 (3.86)
WIT up 59% to 10,108,556 (16.01)
PLL up 53% to 2,052,342 (1.47)
LOW up 47% to 25,799,576 (1.46)
RPM up 42% to 1,973,000 (2.54)
CCK up 41% to 2,006,973 (1.22)
PVH up 41% to 1,562,616 (1.09)

AEO up 37% to 8,632,011 (1.06)
HAL up 36% to 15,525,904 (0.62)
BMC up 35% to 5,059,746 (1.79)
TIF up 35% to 10,918,281 (3.20)
CA up 33% to 7,274,341 (1.25)
FLEX up 32% to 16,198,947 (1.90)
ACL up 32% to 1,997,293 (1.58)
PIR up 32% to 12,295,024 (2.40)
SANM up 32% to 6,690,857 (4.06)
WAG up 32% to 18,466,898 (1.45)

EMR up 31% to 10,707,470 (2.01)
TWX up 30% to 17,576,597 (1.76)
ISIL up 30% to 9,146,750 (2.64)
ADP up 30% to 8,174,585 (1.99)
SYY up 29% to 20,821,730 (4.27)
BLL up 28% to 2,288,795 (2.10)
KBR up 28% to 4,504,414 (2.28)
FGP up 28% to 460,726 (2.70)
NOK up 27% to 81,384,710 (2.15)
ZRAN up 27% to 3,280,236 (3.99)

RSH up 26% to 12,425,248 (3.23)
HPQ up 26% to 22,322,378 (1.15)
ANF up 25% to 6,738,517 (1.66)
CSCO up 25% to 50,386,007 (0.79)
IBM up 24% to 16,847,390 (2.09)
GIS up 23% to 11,337,935 (1.74)
SJM up 23% to 1,106,146 (0.92)
SAFM up 22% to 1,896,420 (6.16)
SPWRA up 21% to 19,659,988 (5.45)
BJ up 21% to 7,587,395 (4.83)

FLO up 20% to 8,496,710 (10.28)
UTX up 20% to 9,460,130 (1.52)
CPWM up 19% to 1,269,723 (5.56)
APD up 19% to 2,675,742 (1.41)
DDIC up 18% to 625,463 (3.07)
CLF up 18% to 6,855,235 (0.84)
LXK up 18% to 10,376,658 (4.80)
TTC up 17% to 3,336,895 (8.36)
CVS up 16% to 17,013,314 (1.08)
ANN up 16% to 9,378,809 (3.48)

Decreases - 50

UHS down 29% to 2,270,637 (1.16)
MIL down 27% to 1,186,860 (0.76)
CPO down 23% to 643,987 (1.02)
SY down 23% to 4,000,080 (0.78)
APH down 23% to 2,721,622 (2.19)
OVTI down 22% to 2,519,925 (1.23)
LTD down 21% to 7,259,803 (1.09)
MO down 21% to 41,002,070 (1.81)
NSM down 19% to 16,137,541 (2.03)
CAG down 19% to 11,351,732 (2.40)

CRS down 19% to 1,500,672 (1.94)
SHLM down 18% to 1,019,768 (4.81)
JWN down 17% to 9,338,961 (2.40)
CY down 15% to 14,290,711 (4.14)
WOR down 14% to 3,718,372 (5.18)
AMAT down 12% to 33,072,703 (1.44)
EFX down 12% to 1,996,413 (1.57)
BKC down 12% to 5,758,949 (3.44)
VMC down 12% to 8,782,166 (5.78)
GPN down 11% to 4,711,437 (3.79)

ECL down 11% to 7,531,318 (3.15)
CYH down 11% to 6,749,142 (4.18)
DBD down 11% to 2,272,916 (3.03)
URI down 11% to 6,606,073 (3.85)
TGT down 11% to 13,156,761 (1.88)
CPB down 10% to 8,229,346 (2.62)
FUL down 10% to 1,301,697 (3.70)
BIG down 10% to 5,628,557 (2.65)
WINN down 10% to 2,829,957 (10.08)
SNA down 10% to 782,822 (1.93)

CPKI down 9% to 1,184,770 (3.60)
DLM down 9% to 5,357,441 (2.56)
FBN down 9% to 2,319,333 (4.10)
K down 8% to 6,658,457 (2.31)
MHK down 8% to 4,108,729 (4.85)
TTMI down 8% to 5,185,029 (6.30)
ODP down 7% to 21,289,562 (2.69)
GKSR down 7% to 559,268 (5.89)
SKS down 7% to 39,150,132 (7.31)
COST down 7% to 11,171,946 (2.58)

PPG down 7% to 3,507,702 (1.68)
SPLS down 7% to 16,494,591 (1.55)
NUE down 7% to 11,820,086 (2.15)
RS down 6% to 2,177,482 (2.34)
ALB down 6% to 3,321,779 (2.83)
HRL down 6% to 3,998,919 (5.74)
HSIC down 6% to 2,732,757 (4.39)
DIOD down 6% to 2,710,077 (7.83)
CBM down 6% to 959,672 (6.65)
TXT down 5% to 23,036,855 (4.22)

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TRANSCRIPTS

New - 0

Recent - 11

(BBBY) Bed Bath & Beyond - http://tinyurl.com/379drfa

(HRB) Block H R - http://tinyurl.com/2a6nry7

(CAG) Conagra - http://tinyurl.com/2aj3abl

(DRI) Darden Restaurants - http://tinyurl.com/269kqjq

(JBL) Jabil Circuit - http://tinyurl.com/33goney

(MKC) McCormick & Co - http://tinyurl.com/25eb3er

(ORCL) Oracle Corp - http://tinyurl.com/2eg6aq2

(PAYX) Paychex - http://tinyurl.com/232hey5

(RHT) Red Hat - http://tinyurl.com/3yq5a43

(RAD) Rite Aid Corp - http://tinyurl.com/362kqsv

(WAG) Walgreen Co - http://tinyurl.com/37pe3o8

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COMPANY PRESENTATIONS
Data provided by Wall Street Horizon, Inc. © 2009

June 29
CREDIT SUISSE BASIC MATERIALS CONFERENCE

(POL) PolyOne
Robert M. Patterson, senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Jose

OPPENHEIMER 10TH ANNUAL CONSUMER, GAMING, LODGING AND LEISURE CONFERENCE

(BJRI) BJ's Restaurants at 11:50 AM

(BJ) BJ's Wholesale Club at 10:05 AM

(BKC) Burger King at 2:10 PM
John Chidsey - chairman and chief executive officer

(NWL) Newell Rubbermaid at 9:30 AM
Mark Ketchum - President and Chief Executive Officer

June 30
OPPENHEIMER 10TH ANNUAL CONSUMER, GAMING, LODGING AND LEISURE CONFERENCE

(BBY) Best Buy at 10:40 AM

(DRI) Darden Restaurants at 1:35 PM

(PVH) Phillips Van-Heusen at 11:50 AM

(SPLS) Staples at 11:15 AM

(TIF) Tiffany & Co at 9:30 AM

(TUP) Tupperware at 1:00 PM
Michael Poteshman - EVP and CFO

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July 1
GENERAL MILLS INC. INVESTOR DAY

(GIS) Gen'l Mills at 7:30 AM

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EXPECTED EARNINGS
Data provided by Wall Street Horizon, Inc. © 2009

[B]efore [D]uring or [A]fter market hours

June 29
(GIS) Gen'l Mills [A] 0.41
4:30 PM

(WOR) Worthington Indus [A] 0.27
1:30 PM

June 30
(AM) Amer Greetings [B] 0.79
9:00 AM

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INSIDER TRANSACTIONS
Data provided by Washington Service

# Options-related transaction
% 10b5-1 related transaction
& Options and 10b5-1 related

Selling
BSX - D Abele John E (6/23) 75,000 %
BSX - CB Nicholas Peter M (6/23) 25,000 %
HD - D Batchelder David H (6/24) 23,140

Intending to Sell
BSX - AF North Point Partner Llc 75,000 %
BSX - AF Promerica Lp 25,000 %
JCG - SH Levy Jonathan 732
POWL - CB Powell Thomas W 42,500
SYY - D Ward Jacquelyn M 24,946

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