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09:45 Chicago PMI (Aug.): 49.9 cons.
10:00 Michigan Sentiment Rev. (Aug.): 62.3 cons.

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 LAVA -9.9%; DELL -9.8%; SIGM -7.3%; MRVL -3.4%...  Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: NBL +2.3% (Test results yielded a flow rate of 2,700 barrels per day of oil and 2.7 mln cubic feet per day of natural gas)...  Companies trading lower in reaction to news
 FRPT -18.6% (to restate interim consolidated financial statements for first and second quarters 2007); SIGM -8.4% (sees Q3 revs to be similar to this quarter, which was $58.2 mln, vs the Q3 First Call consensus of $65.5 mln); TJX -1.9% (discloses certain execs enter 10b5-1 plans); KLAC -1.4% (appoints Mark P. Dentinger new Chief Financial Officer; President and COO John Kispert to also leave).

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