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PerkinElmer PKI to Acquire ViaCell VIAC for $7.25
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PDL BioPharma PDLI to Actively Seek Sale of Entire Company or Its Key Assets
Bally Total Fitness Emerges From Chapter 11 and Closes Transaction with Harbinger Capital Partners Funds
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 VIAC +48.4% (acquired by PerkinElmer (PKI) for $7.25/share); LUM +29.4% (notes in an 8-K co has repaid all of our warehouse lines of credit that were used to finance whole loan purchases); PDLI +6.0% (to actively seek sale of entire company or its key assets; announces Mark McDade has stepped down as CEO); CNIC +5.6% (announces strategic expansion of its value-added reseller network to grow software sales); WSFG +4.4% (expects to report strongly profitable third quarter earnings); LAMR +3.1% (LAMR will replace Noble Energy in the S&P MidCap 400); NBL +1.7% (NBL will replace ASN in the S&P 500); X +1.6% (Harbinger Capital reports 5.7% stake in U.S. Steel in SC 13G); TRB +1.3% (finalizes settlement in Matthew Bender tax case, receives refund); IKAN +1.1% (announces $3.5 mln savings in operating expenses for '08 due to executive restructuring plan and outsourcing of back-end physical announces $3.5 mln savings in operating expenses for '08 due to executive restructuring plan and outsourcing of back-end physical semiconductor design); MNTG +1.0% (announces expiration of early termination right for sale of Binion's)...  Trading Down
 TXCC -9.4% (lowers Q3 revs guidance below consensus); VAL -5.6% (sees Q4 EPS below consensus); MCO -4.2% (to establish $1 bln commercial paper program); SUF -3.7% (registers 9.08 mln share offering at $7.85/share); PLL -3.0% (delays 10-K -- DJ); AIZ -2.3% (acquires Centrepoint Insurance); VSE -2.2% (suspends construction on Reynolds, Ind., Biorefinery); CAL -2.1% (reports September 2007 operational performance); PMACA -2.0% (acquires Midlands Management; co expects transaction to be immediately accretive, adding $0.07-0.10 per share to 2008 earnings).

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