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Amgen said it plans to cut staff, slash capital expenses and close some plants as sales of its anemia drug Aranesp tumble. (Conference call transcript)  9:46 p.m WSJ
Companies moving in after hours trading in reaction to earnings
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NTAP +5.4%; CAI +1.7%; IMOS +1.3%; PETM +1.1%... 
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 BZH +4.5% (files form 8-K containing financial statements); KOSN +3.7% (files $75 mln mixed shelf offering - S-3); PNFP +3.1% (announces the in-market acquisition of Mid-America Bancshares; co sees as accretive to earnings in the first 12 months); AMFI +2.8% (names Donald Wilson President and COO); USTR +2.6% (increases stock repurchase authorization; authorizes an additional $200 mln); HOC +2.6% (reports Navajo refinery unit back online); UIC +2.1% (wins $8.6 mln order from Royal Australian Navy); XXIA +1.9% (announces authorization to repurchase up to $50 mln of common stock); SPWR +1.9% (signs agreement with SMA Technologie AG); VLTR +1.6% (announces appointment of Mike Burns as Vice President and CFO, to succeed founder Greg Hildebrand)...
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UTSI -1.8% (receives Nasdaq notification related to late filing of its Form 10-Q for Q2); IIG -1.1% (notes in an 8-K the Superior Court of California entered an order, without explanation, denying the request for stay of the Court's order); AMGN -1.0% (restructures due to lower Aranesp revs; cuts FY07 EPS to $4.13-4.23).

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