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Caterpillar Profit Per Share 41 Percent Higher Than Second Quarter 2005; Full-Year Outlook Increased Second-quarter sales and revenues and profit were the highest for any quarter in Caterpillar's history Strong demand continues in key industries

PEORIA, Ill., July 21, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Today, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported a 41 percent increase in profit per share on a 13 percent increase in sales and revenues compared with the second quarter 2005. Sales and revenues in the quarter were $10.605 billion, and profit was $1.046 billion, or $1.52 per share -- all were the highest for any quarter in Caterpillar's history.
"We had a spectacular second quarter with the strongest financial performance we've reported since the 1960s. I couldn't be prouder of Team Caterpillar," said Caterpillar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Owens. "The fundamentals remained strong in the industries we serve. We are hitting on all cylinders and are again raising our full-year outlook. Customers have confidence in our products, and sales continued to increase. Our performance in the quarter was made possible by the hard work of our employees, dealers and suppliers who are focused on meeting the needs of our customers."

Sales and revenues increased $1.245 billion from second quarter 2005. The increase was a result of $809 million of higher sales volume, $384 million of improved price realization and a $73 million increase in Financial Products revenues.

Second-quarter profit increased $286 million, or $0.44 per share, from second quarter 2005. The increase was largely due to improved price realization and higher sales volume, partially offset by higher core operating costs to support our growth.

First-half 2006 sales and revenues of $19.997 billion and profit of $1.886 billion, or $2.72 per share, were also records. Operating cash flow in the first half of 2006 was $1.948 billion, up $952 million from the first half of 2005. This strong cash flow allowed us to increase capital expenditures to $552 million, acquire Progress Rail, keep our benefit plans well-funded, announce a 20 percent dividend increase and repurchase 33.3 million shares.

"I am delighted with what has been accomplished, but we still have work to do. From an operational perspective, record demand has resulted in longer delivery times for many of our products than we, or our customers, would like," commented Owens. "We're continuing to work with suppliers and within our factories to remove bottlenecks and increase production for a number of our products. The entire Caterpillar supply chain has responded over the past three years to support our unprecedented growth. 6 Sigma has been a significant positive factor for ramping up production, managing our cost structure and delivering record profitability."

Outlook

We are raising our outlook for 2006 from previously reported levels. Sales and revenues are now expected to be up 12 to 15 percent from 2005, including about $600 million from the acquisition of Progress Rail. The profit outlook has been adjusted to reflect an estimated profit range of $5.25 to $5.50 per share. The previous outlook reflected sales and revenues up about 10 percent and profit per share of $4.85 to $5.20.

"We are entering the fourth year of a recovery that began in mid-2003. The industries we serve continue to be very strong throughout the world, particularly mining, energy and infrastructure development. While it's tough to predict the future, historically global industry recoveries have lasted six to eight years, and a variety of factors, particularly past under investment, should help sustain this recovery," Owens said. "We are continuing to invest in growth, and the acquisition of Progress Rail and expanding capacity for large engines are great examples. We are working hard to execute our new strategy, and I am very confident in Caterpillar's future."

(Complete outlook begins on page 10.)

For more than 80 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making progress possible and driving positive and sustainable change on every continent. With 2005 sales and revenues of $36.339 billion, Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and a wide and growing offering of related services. More information is available at http://www.cat.com Note: Glossary of terms included on pages 21-22; first occurrence of terms shown in bold italics.

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BUYINS.NET: FTK, GETI, HYTM, ILI, MVC, NFLX Have Been Removed From Naked Short List Today

Jul 21, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been removed from the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Flotek Industries, Inc. (AMEX: FTK), GenTek, Inc (NASDAQ: GETI), Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ: HYTM), Interleukin Genetics, Inc (AMEX: ILI), M V C Capital Inc (NYSE: MVC), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX)






Flotek Industries, Inc. (AMEX: FTK) engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty chemicals, downhole drilling, and production equipment primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Chemicals and Logistics, Drilling Products, and Production Products. Chemicals and Logistics segment offers oilfield specialty chemicals used for drilling, cementing, stimulation, and production. Its customers primarily include oil and gas pumping service companies, including major and independent oilfield service companies. Drilling Products segment engages in manufacturing, marketing, and renting downhole drilling tools used in the oilfield, mining, water-well, and industrial drilling sectors in Central and South America. Its products include drill bits, reamers, stabilizers, tubulars, and drilling mud motors. This segment also provides drilling tool inspection services. Its customers include oil and gas exploration, and production companies, including oil companies, which own producing oil and gas wells, and are involved in the drilling and cementing of oil wells. Production Products segment engages in the manufacture and marketing of the patented petrovalve line of downhole pump components. The company markets its products through direct sales force. Flotek Industries was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. With 8.52 million shares outstanding and 175,147 shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of FTK.











GenTek, Inc. (NASDAQ: GETI) through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of industrial components and performance chemicals. It operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Performance Chemicals. The Manufacturing segment provides engineered components, wiring products, and services to automotive, appliance and electronic, and industrial markets. It offers stamped and machined rocker and roller-rocker arms, cam follower rollers, bearings, and mechanical roller tappets; electronic wire and cable assemblies, such as wire harnesses, ignition cables, molded parts, electro-mechanical assemblies, engine block heaters, battery blankets, and electrical switches that are used in automobiles, trucks, and personal recreation vehicles; vehicle and component testing services for the transportation industry; and fluid transport and handling equipment for automotive service applications. It also provides custom-designed power cord systems, and wire and cable assemblies for household appliances, industrial products, commercial and residential construction industries, and original equipment manufactures. It offers aluminum sulfate; ferric sulfate and other specialty flocculents; sulfuric acid regeneration services; and pollution abatement and sulfur recovery services. It also provides active chemical ingredients used in antiperspirants; active ingredients used in prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, veterinary health products, and personal care products; electronic chemicals for the semiconductor and disk drive industries; and chemical intermediates used in newspapers, tires, paints, dyes, and carpets. The company's chemical processing products include alum and polymer-based coagulants; sodium nitrite; and sulfuric acid. It operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, and India. GenTek was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. With 10.22 million shares outstanding and 465,708 shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of GETI.

Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ: HYTM) engages in the research, development, licensing, and commercialization of physiological treatment protocols in the United States. Its products are used by healthcare providers to treat individuals diagnosed with dependencies to alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine, as well as combinations of these drugs. Its PROMETA treatment protocols include medically supervised treatments to address both the neurochemical imbalances in the brain and the nutritional deficits caused or worsened by substance dependence. The PROMETA treatment protocol offers medications that target chemical receptors in the brain and nerves impacted by alcohol dependence; nutritional supplements to help for the replacement of important vitamins often diminished in alcohol dependent persons; and encouragement to participate in continuing care programs. The company also provides proprietary administrative services to assist physicians and facilities with staff education, marketing and sales support, and outcomes tracking for data analysis. It serves hospitals, licensed healthcare facilities, and physicians. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Los Angeles, California. With 39.81 million shares outstanding and 6.65 million shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of HYTM.











Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (AMEX: ILI) a personalized healthcare company, engages in the development and commercialization of genetic risk assessment tests in the United States. The company develops two genetic risk assessment tests, Gensona Heart Health Genetic Test and Gensona General Nutrition Genetic Test. The Gensona Heart Health Genetic Test uses single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) testing of two genes to identify persons who may have an over-expression of inflammation and at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. The Gensona General Nutrition Genetic Test identifies SNPs of two genes that affect vitamin B metabolism and four genes involved in responding to oxidative stress. It also develops PST test, which provides a way of assessing an individual's genetic risk for periodontal diseases. The company's products under development include genetic risk assessment tests, such as IL-1 Cardiovascular Genetic Test, General Nutrition Genetic Test, Osteoporosis Genetic Test, and Weight Management Genetic Test, as well as a preventive nutritional product, Periodontal Disease (PerioNx), which is designed for persons with severe periodontal disease. Interleukin Genetics markets and distributes its products through strategic partnerships. It has strategic alliance with the Alticor, Inc. to develop and market personalized nutritional and skin care products. The company also has academic research collaborations with University of Sheffield, Tufts University, Mayo Clinic, California Pacific Medical Center, Boston University, University of Arkansas, Yonsei University, Hain Diagnostika/ADS GmbH and Laboral International, and Kimball Genetics, Inc. Interleukin Genetics was founded by Kenneth S. Kornman. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts. With 24.14 million shares outstanding and 539,655 shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of ILI.













M V C Capital Inc (NYSE: MVC) is a principal investment firm specializing in private equity and mezzanine investments in management buyouts, going private transactions, private company recapitalizations, turnarounds, corporate partnerships, growth capital, expansion capital, leveraged buildups, and acquisition financings of middle-market companies. The firm focuses on the consumer products; industrial manufacturing and services; food and food services; financial services; distribution; and specialty chemicals and security sectors. It invests in companies primarily located in the U.S. The firm invests between $3 million and $25 million in companies having revenues of $10 million to $200 million and EBITDA of $3 million to $25 million. It serves as the lead investor for transactions, as well as a co-investor in companies along with other private equity sponsors. The firm makes both control and non-control investments in its portfolio companies. Its investments can take the form of common and preferred stock; warrants or rights to acquire equity interests; senior and subordinated loans; cash flow loans; or convertible securities. MVC Capital was founded in 1999 and is based in Purchase, New York City. With 19.09 million shares outstanding and 101,316 shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of MVC.












Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) operates as an online movie rental subscription service provider in the United States. It provides its subscribers access to a library of movie, television, and other filmed entertainment titles. As of December 31, 2005, the company provided approximately 4,200,000 subscribers access to a library of approximately 55,000 movies, television, and other filmed entertainment titles. Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. With 59.47 million shares outstanding and 12.89 million shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of NFLX

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21.07.2006 15:47
Broadcom stürzt vorbörslich ab
Aktien von Broadcom (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) sind am Freitag vorbörslich deutlich unter Abgabedruck gekommen, nachdem das Unternehmen gestern Zahlen für das abgelaufene Quartal vorgelegt hat. Zwar konnte das Unternehmen die Erwartungen der Analysten erfüllen, präsentierte aber einen enttäuschenden Ausblick für das dritte Quartal.

Das Halbleiterunternehmen erwirtschaftet im zurückliegenden Quartal einen Umsatz von 941,1 Millionen Dollar nach 604,9 Millionen Dollar im Vorjahreszeitraum. Analysten hatten im Konsensus 941,8 Millionen Dollar erwartet. Weitere Zahlen konnte das Unternehmen noch nicht vorlegen, da interne Bilanzuntersuchungen noch nicht abgeschlossen werden konnten. Für das laufende Quartal erwartet das Unternehmen einen Umsatz von 900 Millionen Dollar. Analysten hatten hier mit 984,8 Millionen Dollar im Durchschnitt gerechnet.

Broadcom verliert vorbörslich über 12% auf 22,96 $.

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Petroleum Development Corporation
21.07.06 20:57 Uhr

39,34 USD

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Petroleum Development Announces Sale of Undeveloped Property for $354 Million Company Retains 475 Future Drilling Locations in Grand Valley Field

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va., July 20, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Petroleum Development Corporation (Nasdaq: PETD) today announced that it sold a portion of its undeveloped leasehold located in Grand Valley Field, Garfield County, Colorado to Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO). The sale encompassed 100% of the working interest in approximately 8,700 acres, including approximately 6400 acres of the Company's Chevron leasehold and 2300 acres of the Company's Puckett Land Company leasehold. The consideration paid to PDC by Marathon for the transaction was $354 million. The Company retained approximately 475 additional undeveloped locations on 10 acre spacing on the Grand Valley Field leasehold in addition to all of its producing properties in the Field.
The Company intends to use the sale proceeds to fund a variety of projects to further enhance the value of the Company to its shareholders. Planned uses include the repurchase of up to 10% of the Company's common stock as authorized earlier in the year by the Board of Directors, additional drilling on the retained undeveloped locations as well as on other properties, purchase of producing properties from other producers, acquisition of acreage in other areas to support both development and exploratory drilling ventures and other projects.

Thomas E. Riley, President of Petroleum Development Corporation said, "We believe this is a great transaction for both PDC and Marathon. Marathon acquired a high quality natural gas prospect with great low-risk development potential, and PDC monetized an asset that the Company would not have otherwise developed during the next five years or more. The Company has grown based upon strong earnings, cash flow, and return on investment. This transaction will help us continue and accelerate that growth trend."

The Company invites you to join Steve Williams, Chief Executive Officer, and Tom Riley, President for a conference call on Friday, July 21, 2006.

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Broadcom Corporation
21.07.06 21:18 Uhr

23,07 USD

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Broadcom Delays Earnings Report On Backdating Probe

Jul 21, 2006 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- July 21, 2006 (FinancialWire) Communications chipmaker Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has delayed a revenue report for its most recent quarter, citing a federal probe into its accounting practices.
Broadcom provided information last week that showed that some options grants were backdated, meaning that they may have been manipulated for profit. In a statement the company said that this has limited what financial information it can release pending review of the disclosures.

Several dozen companies are involved in the probe over suspicious timing of grants to executives, and many have been forced to restate financials or have investigations conducted about their results.

Broadcom will take charge of $750 million in options expenses to restate the financials.

For up-to-the-minute news, features and links click on http://www.FinancialWire.net

FinancialWire is an independent, proprietary news service of Investrend Information, a division of Investrend Communications, Inc. It is not a press release service and receives no compensation for its news or opinions. Other divisions of Investrend, however, provide shareholder empowerment platforms such as forums, independent research and webcasting. For more information or to receive the FirstAlert daily summary of news, commentary, research reports, webcasts, events and conference calls, click on http://www.investrend.com/contact.asp

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Laureate Education, Inc.
21.07.06 22:00 Uhr

48,83 USD

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Laureate Education, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter 2006 Results and Introduces 2007 Earnings Outlook; Company Reiterates 2006 Earnings Outlook

BALTIMORE, Jul 20, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR), the world's leading international provider of higher education, announced record financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
-- Second quarter 2006 revenues increased 34% to $303.1 million, compared to $227.0 million in the second quarter of 2005.

-- Laureate Education reported income from continuing operations of $40.7 million or $0.77 per diluted share, an increase of 28% over second quarter 2005. Excluding the ($0.02) impact of stock option expense and the $0.04 net impact of the continued liquidation of Sylvan Ventures, income from continuing operations would have been $39.6 million or $0.75 per diluted share, an increase of 25% over the second quarter of 2005.

-- The Company's campus-based institutions reported second quarter total student enrollment increased 34% to 199,377 students.

-- Laureate Online Education reported a 23% increase in new student enrollment and a 27% increase in total student enrollment to 29,134 students.

-- The Company believes that it will achieve earnings of between $0.19 and $0.21 per diluted share for the quarter ending September 30, 2006, excluding estimated stock option expense of ($0.02) to ($0.03) per diluted share.

-- Laureate Education reiterates its full-year 2006 earnings outlook of between $2.05 and $2.15 per diluted share, an increase of 23% or more over full-year 2005. This excludes estimated stock option expense of ($0.10) to ($0.12) per diluted share.

-- The Company introduces a full-year 2007 earnings outlook of between $2.59 and $2.67 per diluted share, an increase of 20% or more over full-year 2006. This excludes estimated stock option expense of ($0.12) to ($0.14) per diluted share. Full-year 2007 Earnings Outlook including SFAS123R expense is $2.45 to $2.55 per diluted share.

Douglas Becker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Laureate Education stated, "The strong financial results for the first six months of this year give us confidence that we are on track to achieve our stated goals for 2006. As indicated by our 2007 earnings outlook, we remain confident in our five year plan that calls for 25% average annual growth in earnings between 2006 and 2010."

"We will continue to invest in our future while delivering strong enrollment and earnings growth. Investments associated with increasing management capacity, opening new campuses, developing new products, and entering new countries are designed to extend Laureate's leadership position and growth rates even beyond the current five year plan," added Mr. Becker.

Laureate Education operates 24 institutions of higher education in 15 countries, offering academic programs to 228,511 students through 53 campuses and online.

Financial Results

All financial information for the prior year 2005 has been restated to reflect a preferential change in accounting for tuition revenue.

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2006 were $303.1 million, an increase of 34% compared to total revenues of $227.0 million in the second quarter of 2005. Total operating income for the second quarter 2006 increased to $57.0 million, versus operating income of $44.6 million in the second quarter of 2005. The Company reported income from continuing operations of $40.7 million or $0.77 per diluted share. Excluding the ($0.02) impact of stock option expense and the $0.04 net impact of the continued liquidation of Sylvan Ventures, income from continuing operations would have been $39.6 million or $0.75 per diluted share. (For details see Reg G Reconciliation in the investor relations section of www.laureate-inc.com)

In the second quarter of 2006, the Company recorded a non-operating gain of $9.3 million from the sale of Chancery Software Ltd., a former Sylvan Ventures investment. Additionally, the Company generated a net tax expense of $7.0 million related to this gain and the continued liquidation of Sylvan Ventures.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, total revenues were $538.2 million, an increase of 33% compared to total revenues of $405.6 million in the same period of 2005. Total operating income for the six-month period increased to $57.0 million, versus operating income of $46.3 million in the same period of 2005. Income from continuing operations for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 was $39.9 million or $0.75 per diluted share, an increase of 22% over the same period of 2005.

Total cash and marketable securities at June 30, 2006 were approximately $119.1 million, while total company debt was approximately $226.7 million.

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24.07.2006 14:56
Merck & Co hebt Ergebnisprognose 2006 an
WHITEHOUSE STATION (Dow Jones)--Die Merck&Co Inc, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) Whitehouse Station, hat ihre Ergebnisprognose für das Gesamtjahr bei der Vorlage der Zweitquartalszahlen am Montag angehoben. Wie das Pharmaunternehmen mitteilte, wird nun von einem Ergebnis je Aktie vor Restrukturierungskosten von 2,40 bis 2,48 USD ausgegangen. Netto dürften 2,10 bis 2,24 USD verbleiben.

Bei Veröffentlichung der Erstquartalszahlen hatte Merck&Co für 2006 ein Ergebnis vor Sonderposten von 2,32 bis 2,40 USD je Aktie und inklusive Sonderposten von 2,02 bis 2,16 USD je Anteilsschein prognostiziert. Eine Vorhersage für das dritte Quartal nannte der Konzern am Montag nicht.

DJG/bam/abe

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Royal Bank America Parent Co. Reports 11% Increase in Core Earnings; Loans Up 15%; Deposits Up 8%; Issues 45th Consecutive Quarterly Cash Dividend

NARBERTH, PA, Jul 24, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Royal Bank America President/CEO Joseph P. Campbell announced net income (less non-recurring items) for the Bank's holding company, Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. (NASDAQ: RBPAA) for the three months ended June 30, 2006 of $4.6 million or $0.36 basic earnings per share, compared to $4.1 million or $0.32 basic earnings per share for the same period in 2005. Net income (less non-recurring items) for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was $9.4 million or $0.73 basic earnings per share, compared to $8.5 million or $0.66 basic earnings per share for the same period in 2005. For the second quarter of 2005, non-recurring items include: a $1.3 million exit fee collected on a mezzanine loan, a $1.8 million equity distribution from a variable interest entity, and a $1.7 reduction in tax expense resulting from a deferred tax valuation offset by a $900 thousand expense related to the company's pension plan. During the first quarter of 2006, the company recorded a $900 thousand gain from the sale of real estate held as other real estate owned.
Net income (including non-recurring items) for the three months ended June 30, 2006 was $4.6 million or $0.36 basic earnings per share, compared to $7.2 million or $0.57 basic earnings per share for the same period in 2005. Net income (including non-recurring items) for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was $9.9 million or $0.78 basic earnings per share, compared to $11.6 million or $0.90 basic earnings per share.

For the second quarter of 2006, interest income was $22.7 million compared to $19.3 million for the same quarter in 2005, an increase of $3.4 million. This increase is primarily due to growth in the average loan balances along with higher interest earned as a result of Federal Reserve rate hikes during the period. The amount of the increase attributable to loan volume was $1.7 million and the amount attributable to interest rates was $1.6 million. Net loans increased 15% or $84.9 million from December 31, 2005 to $624.3 million at June 30, 2006. This increase is primarily due to an increased demand for commercial and construction loan products that are being offered at competitive rates coupled with an increase in volume from the Royal Asian Bank division and the Equity/Mezzanine division.

Interest expense increased $3.9 million to $11.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 compared to the same period of 2005. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, interest expense increased $6.6 million to $21.7 million compared to the same period in 2005. The increases were due to increased borrowings with the Federal Home Loan Bank in order to fund loan growth along with an increase in deposit rates in order to remain competitive within our market. Total deposits increased 8% at June 30, 2006 from December 31, 2005, primarily as a result of attractive certificate of deposit rates being offered during the first six months of 2006. During this period, brokered deposits increased $19.3 million. These funds were utilized to fund a portion of loan growth.

Net interest margin (less non-recurring items) was 3.69% for the second quarter of 2006 compared to 3.96% for the first quarter of 2006 and 3.76% for the second quarter of 2005.

During the second quarter of 2006, $1.0 million was recorded to increase the allowance for loan losses, of which $300 thousand was related to specific loans and the remainder was attributed to loan growth. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, $1.3 million was recorded to increase the allowance, of which $700 thousand was related to specific loans. Included in the reserves are mezzanine loans, which generally provide higher yields but which management has determined to have a higher level of risk compared to the remainder of loan portfolio. As of June 30, 2006, all mezzanine loans are current.

Consolidated total assets increased 4% to $1.36 billion at June 30, 2006, as compared to $1.30 billion at December 31, 2005. Return on assets for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 was 1.5%. Return on equity for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 was 12.9%.

The Board of Directors of Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. declared its 45th consecutive quarterly cash dividend on July 19, 2006. This dividend will be twenty-seven and five tenth cents ($.275) per share for holders of Class A common stock and thirty-one and six hundred twenty five thousandths cents ($.31625) per share for holders of Class B common stock of Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. The record date is August 2, 2006, and the payment date is August 16, 2006.

About Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. headquartered in Narberth, Pennsylvania, operates seventeen full-service branch offices throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey under the name Royal Bank America and four locations under the name Royal Asian Bank. Together, Royal Bank America and Royal Asian Bank offer a wide variety of products and services, including commercial real estate loans, residential mortgages, equity/mezzanine lending, high-yielding CDs & MMAs and Internet Banking solutions at www.royalbankamerica.com and www.royalasianbank.com.

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24.07.2006 14:58
Ahead of the Bell: Barnes & Noble
NEW YORK (AFX) - Shares of Barnes&Noble Inc. (Nachrichten) may trade heavily when the opening bell rings Monday after the company disclosed the Securities and Exchange Commission is informally reviewing the company\'s stock-options granting practices.

After the close of the market Friday, Barnes&Noble said the SEC is conducting an informal inquiry into stock options practices. An internal review of stock options practices had already been underway at Barnes&Noble.

The shares fell in after hours trading on Friday.

The SEC is investigating about 60 companies for potential backdating of stock options, or making the options more valuable by setting the strike price to a date when the shares were trading more cheaply. An option with a lower strike price is more valuable because it is less expensive to exercise.


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24.07.2006 15:02
Motorola kauft eigene Aktien für 1,2 Mrd Dollar - Neues Aktienrückaufprogramm
Der Telekomausrüster Motorola <MOT.NYS> <MTL.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) will das aktuell laufende Aktienrückkaufprogramm vorzeitig ausschöpfen und kündigte ein neues Programm an. Mit dem beschleunigten Rückkauf von eigenen Aktien für 1,2 Milliarden Dollar beende das Unternehmen das Programm mit einer Gesamthöhe von vier Milliarden Dollar bereits nach 14 Monaten, teilte Motorola am Montag in Schaumburg mit. Der Telekomausrüster hatte im Mai 2005 das erste Aktienrückkaufprogramm seiner Firmengeschichte beschlossen. Es war ursprünglich auf drei Jahre angelegt.

Des Weiteren kündigte Motorola an, weitere eigene Aktien im Wert von 4,5 Milliarden Dollar über die kommenden drei Jahre zurückkaufen zu wollen. Dies soll jeweils zu Marktbedingungen geschehen. Basierend auf dem aktuellen Aktienkurs würden die Motorola-Aktien im Wert von 4,5 Milliarden Dollar rund neun Prozent der Marktkapitalisierung des Unternehmens darstellen./ne/sb/zb

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Oppenheim Espresso: Microsoft läßt es rocken
24.07.2006 (15:01)

Der weltgrößte Softwarekonzern hat mit den jüngsten Zahlen für das vierte Quartal die Erwartungen getroffen. Mit einer Anhebung der Prognose hat aber kaum jemand gerechnet. Auf Grund einer unerwartet hohen Nachfrage geht Microsoft nun von einem Gewinn je Aktie zwischen 1,43 und 1,47 Dollar aus. Bislang lag die Spanne bei 1,36 bis 1,41 Dollar.

Das ist noch lange nicht alles. Um auch im wachstumsstarken Feld der MP3-Player Fuß zu fassen, plant die IT-Supermacht nun einen Angriff auf Apple. Denn dessen iPod ist mit einem Marktanteil von über 50% derzeit das Maß der Dinge. Das Konkurrenzmodell aus Redmond namens „Zune“ soll noch im laufenden Jahr auf den Markt kommen.

Die Wall Street feiert bereits. Nach der Prognoseanhebung schoß die Aktie um 6% nach oben. Daneben heizte das angekündigte Aktienrückkaufprogramm im Volumen von 40 Mrd. Dollar dem Titel ein. Ein erstes Kaufangebot will Microsoft bis zum 17. August vorlegen.

Der Einstieg in die MP3-Welt sorgt für Kursphantasie, doch er birgt auch Risiken, denn der Kampf um Marktanteile kostet Geld und könnte künftige Gewinne zunächst schmälern. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet sich das CLASSIC-Discount-Zertifikat (SBL 7AM) an. Denn das Papier wirft auch bei einer Seitwärtsbewegung der Aktie eine attraktive Maximalrendite von knapp 17% ab. Wichtig dabei ist, daß die Aktie am Bewertungstag nicht unter 24 Dollar notiert. Da das Papier nicht währungsgesichert ist, wirkt sich ein fallender Dollar negativ, eine steigende US-Währung positiv auf die Rendite des Zertifikats aus.

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24.07.2006 15:04
Biogen Idec, Elan rerelease Tysabri
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AFX) - Biotech drug maker Biogen Idec Inc. (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) and Ireland-based drug maker Elan Corp. (Nachrichten) said Monday its multiple sclerosis treatment Tysabri is now available in the U.S. 17 months after the companies pulled the drug from pharmacies.

In June, the Food and Drug Administration re-approved the drug with certain restrictions. Now, Tysabri must be prescribed by doctors participating in a special program called the Touch Prescribing Program. Elan runs the program through ICS, a drug distributing unit of AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, and 12 specialty pharmacies.

Originally approved in November 2004, Tysabri was taken off the market three months later when three cases of a rare and often fatal brain inflammation occurred in multiple sclerosis patients taking the drug. Two of the patients died.

Multiple sclerosis is an incurable disease wherein the immune system attacks the insulation of the nerve fibers by mistake.

The annual wholesale cost of Tysabri per patient is about $28,400, a 20 percent premium to what some analysts had expected.

The companies also announced they launched the drug in Europe after receiving a recent approval from the European Commission.

Elan's American depositary shares rose 39 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $13.70 in premarket activity on the INET electronic exchange. Shares of Biogen closed Friday at $40.73 on the Nasdaq.


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Stockguru.com: StockGuru Price and Volume Alerts for Monday July 24, 2006 - One Company Announces Letter-Of-Intent To Lease Space While Another Broke Its Old Record

Dallas, Texas, Jul 24, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- StockGuru Price and Volume Alerts for Monday include iPCS, Inc. (OTCBB: "IPCS"),, ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., (OTCBB: IRBO), Sonoran Energy, Inc (OTCBB: SNRN), Intrepid Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: ITPD), Itronics Inc (OTCBB: ITRO) and i2Telecom International, Inc. (OTCBB: ITUI) StockGuru Price and Volume Alerts feature companies with significant moves in either volume or price in the past two trading sessions. In our update we analyze recent news about the companies featured and detail the movement in the stock.







iPCS, Inc. (OTCBB: IPCS), - Friday's shares increased 0.39% over open to $46.46 The volume was at 25,720. iPCS, Inc. , a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel, today announced that it serves approximately 517,500 customers as of June 30, 2006. The ending subscriber number reflects a reduction of approximately 1,700 due to the elimination of non-revenue-generating subscribers previously accounted for as subscribers at Horizon PCS. Horizon PCS merged into iPCS as of July 1, 2005.

iPCS, Inc. provides wireless voice and data products and services in the United States. The company sells digital wireless personal communications services, including wireless voice and data services, as well as related retail products, including handsets. It markets its products and services under Sprint brand name through distribution outlets, which comprise retail stores, major national distributors, and third-party distributors. The company offers its services primarily in Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and eastern Nebraska. iPCS was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.













ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., (OTCBB: IRBO) - Friday's shares stayed even at $0.260. The volume was at 105,064. ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc., today announced it has retained the services of Investor Awareness, Inc. as its investor relations firm. Chicago-based Investor Awareness, Inc., a full service investor and media relations consulting firm, provides private and publicly traded companies with customized programs to generate awareness among members of the financial community. Investor Awareness specializes in accelerating the growth in the value of small to midsize companies.

IR BioSciences Holdings Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., is a development stage biotechnology company focused on the research and development of Homspera(TM) and its derivatives Radilex(TM) and Viprovex(TM), which are designed to be used as countermeasures for multiple homeland security bioterrorism threats. Homspera is derived from modified Substance P, a naturally occurring peptide immunomodulator and homeostatic compound with the dual effect of improving pulmonary function and the stimulation of the human immune system. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.immuneregen.com.














Sonoran Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: SNRN) - Friday's shares stayed even at $0.340 The volume was at 55,255. Sonoran Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of senior oil and gas finance executive Robert M. King to the Company's Board of Directors. "Bob King's contacts and vast experience in the U.S. oil and gas sector will complement our board's broad expertise," said Peter Rosenthal, Sonoran Energy President and Chief Executive Officer. "As both an independent member of the Board and head of Sonoran Energy's audit committee, the strong industry and finance knowledge Bob will bring is particularly relevant as we move forward with our growth strategy."

Sonoran Energy is a US-based independent oil and gas company that is building a diversified portfolio of high value assets in North America, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Caspian region. Sonoran Energy explores, develops, and enhances the performance of high value oil and gas opportunities. With a focus on health, safety and the environment, we leverage the Company's innovative organizational alignment model with leading technical partners. www.sonoranenergy.com













Intrepid Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: ITPD) - Friday's shares closed down at -6.67% with a price of $0.280. The volume was at 30,100. Intrepid Holdings, Inc. announced today that its Intrepid Healthcare Group has signed a letter-of-intent with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to lease space in Wal-Mart stores and Supercenters in several markets. Intrepid Holdings, Inc. will build and operate Healthy Access medical clinics in these leased spaces beginning in the 3rd quarter of this year. At this time, Intrepid Holdings, Inc. plans to open clinics in Wal-Mart stores and Supercenters in Texas, as well as the District of Columbia area, over the next 12-15 months.

Intrepid Holdings' is a leading provider of pharmacy, clinic, and related healthcare services to the urban marketplace. These services compliment Intrepid's "urban life care" focus and often are targeted to specific urban market populations. In addition, Intrepid leverages the key relationship between patients and their health providers.













Itronics Inc. (OTCBB: ITRO) - Friday's shares closed down at -4.52% with a price of $0.01900. The volume was at 1,449,585. Crude oil broke its old record Thursday, breaking through the $77 per barrel barrier, but in looking back on the second quarter, many ag-related fertilizer manufacturers have seen their sales decline while one Reno-based enviro-ag supplier saw sales climb most due to higher energy costs. Tuesday, Itronics Inc. (OTCBB: ITRO) reported a 46 percent increase in sales of its GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizer in the second quarter.

Itronics, through its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., is the only company in the world with a "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water Recycling" facility that extracts more than 99 percent of the silver and virtually all the other toxic heavy metals from used photoliquids and converts the resulting liquids into environmentally beneficial, chelated, multinutrient liquid fertilizer products sold under the GOLD'n GRO trademark. The environmentally friendly liquid fertilizers can be used for lawns and houseplants, and are available, along with GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizer injectors, at the Company's "e-store" catalog at http://goldngro.com .














i2Telecom International, Inc. (OTCBB: ITUI) - Friday's shares closed down at -25.00% with a price of $0.0300. The volume was at 66,200. i2Telecom International, Inc. , a pioneer in ultra-portable high quality Voice-over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") products and services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Global Voice Technologies, ("GVT") under which i2Telecom has been appointed as the exclusive provider of VoIP services through GVT's global marketing network. GVT expects to have more than 8,000 agents in place prior to the end of the third quarter of 2006.

i2Telecom International, Inc. (OTCBB: ITUI - News) is a pioneer in ultra-portable high quality Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products and services employing best-of-breed VoIP technology. The Company has operations in Atlanta, Georgia and Redwood City, California, controls its own proprietary and patent-pending technology, and uses a combination of its own network and the Internet to deliver high-quality phone calls, streaming video and text chat. i2Telecom International provides VoiceStick(TM), InternetTalker , Digital Communications Portal communications and microgateway adapters for VoIP long-distance streaming video, text chat and other enhanced communication services to subscribers. Its proprietary technology platform is compliant with the Session Initiation Protocol ("SIP") telecommunications industry standard. i2Telecom International's revenue model includes recurring monthly subscriptions and prepaid services, as well as revenue from the sale of its integrated access devices, call minute termination fees and royalties from original equipment manufacturers. For additional information visit www.i2telecom.com or www.voicestick.com or call 877-731-6800

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.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise: Schering-Plough, Merck Advance
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after earnings from Schering-Plough Corp., Merck & Co. and BellSouth Corp. exceeded analysts' estimates, signaling corporate profits are withstanding higher interest rates.

``The second-quarter earnings season has gotten off to a slow start but it seems to be gaining traction,'' said Jane Drake, who helps oversee $10.2 billion at Tilney Investment Management in Liverpool, England. ``This may well prove to be a good entry point for long-term investors.''

ATI Technologies Inc. surged after Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-biggest maker of microprocessors, agreed to buy the company for $5.4 billion. Dell Inc., the No. 1 personal-computer maker, gained after Citigroup Inc. recommended investors buy the shares.

Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in September rose 4.20 to 1248.90 at 8:19 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 29 to 10,935 and Nasdaq 100 Index futures advanced 5.50 to 1466.75.

Analysts expect S&P 500 companies to report a 13.6 percent increase in profit for the quarter, above their projection of 12.4 percent at the end of last week and 10.9 percent at the beginning of the period, according to estimates compiled by Thomson Financial.

Schering-Plough said profit was 16 cents a share and revenue rose 11 percent to $2.8 billion on sales of the cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia. Analysts surveyed by Thomson expected profit of 17 cents a share, on average. Thomson doesn't disclose the basis of its estimates to Bloomberg News. Schering-Plough shares rose 95 cents to $20.40.

Merck's Profit

Merck & Co. added 18 cents to $37.54 after reporting second-quarter profit doubled on an increase in prescriptions for allergy and heart-disease drugs.

Net income increased to $1.5 billion, or 69 cents a share. Excluding some items, profit was 73 cents a share, exceeding the 67 cents a share estimate of Lehman Brothers analyst Tony Butler, who is top-ranked by Institutional Investor magazine. Merck also raised its forecast for 2006 profit.

BellSouth, the local-telephone company being bought by AT&T Inc., advanced 19 cents to $35.59. The company said profit excluding some items was 60 cents a share, exceeding the estimate of 57 cents of UBS AG analyst John Hodulik.

ATI, the world's second-largest maker of computer-graphics chips, jumped $2.49 to $19.05. Advanced Micro agreed to buy the Markham, Ontario-based company for $20.47 a share, including $16.40 in cash and 0.2229 Advanced Micro shares. The offer is 24 percent more than ATI's closing price last week. Advanced Micro shares declined $1.12 to $17.14.

Dell Recommendation

Dell added 39 cents to $20.30 after Citigroup raised its recommendation to ``buy'' from ``hold.'' The bank wrote in a note to clients that while Dell will likely face the issue of a slide in corporate spending for several more quarters, ``we believe this is now reflected in estimates.''

Dell's stock dropped 9.9 percent on Friday, the biggest decline in more than five years.

HCA Inc. gained $1.58 to $49.45 after Bain Capital LLC, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. agreed to buy the company for about $21.3 billion. The deal tops KKR's 1989 purchase of RJR Nabisco Inc. for $31.3 billion, the biggest buyout ever, when debt is included. The HCA transaction includes about $11.7 billion in debt.

American Express rose 15 cents to $50.77. The No. 4 U.S. credit-card issuer reports earnings later today and may say second-quarter profit climbed after it signed up new clients and existing customers used their cards more for purchases.

American Express

Net income probably rose 8.5 percent to $933.2 million, or 74 cents a share, from $860 million in earnings from continuing operations, or 69 cents, a year earlier, according to the average estimate of 19 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial.

Kraft Foods Inc. issues earnings after the close of U.S. markets today.

Kraft, the world's second-largest foodmaker and a unit of Altria Group Inc., may say second-quarter profit was 48 cents a share, up from 47 cents a year earlier, according to Thomson analyst estimates.

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Carlisle Companies Reports a 30% Increase in Second Quarter Income from Continuing Operations and Increases Full Year Guidance

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jul 25, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE:CSL) reported income from continuing operations of $54.6 million, or $1.76 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, an increase of 30% above $42.1 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2005. Earnings before interest and income taxes ("EBIT") for the second quarter of 2006 was $84.2 million or 12.2% expressed as a percent of net sales. EBIT for the second quarter of 2005 was $66.0 million or 11.1% expressed as a percent of sales.
Richmond McKinnish, Carlisle President and CEO, commented, "The second quarter of 2006 met our expectations. We continue to see strength in many of our end markets; therefore, we are increasing our guidance for income from continuing operations for the full year 2006 to the range of $5.25 to $5.45 per diluted share from the previous range of $5.00 to $5.20 per diluted share."

Net sales of $692.7 million in the second quarter of 2006 were $101.1 million, or an increase of 17%, as compared to net sales of $591.6 million in the second quarter of 2005. Organic sales growth accounted for $84.1 million, or 83%, of the improvement over the prior-year quarter, primarily as a result of strong organic growth in the Construction Materials segment and the Diversified Components segment. The organic sales growth rate was 14.2% for the second quarter of 2006 as compared to an organic growth rate of 9.6% for the second quarter 2005. Acquisitions in the Diversified Components segments accounted for $13.4 million, or 13%, of the growth over the second quarter of 2005, while changes in foreign currency exchange rates contributed $3.6 million, or 4%.

Construction Materials: Net sales of $292.9 million in the second quarter of 2006 were 29% above $227.9 million of net sales in the second quarter of 2005 primarily related to higher volumes of TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin) membrane and insulation reflecting Carlisle's expanded geographic reach within the U.S. and focus on total system sales. Second quarter 2006 EBIT of $46.6 million was 20% above second quarter 2005 EBIT of $38.8 million. Prior year results included pre-tax gains of $1.3 million on the sale of property and $1.3 million of insurance proceeds related to a fire at a small coatings and waterproofing plant that occurred in 2002. Segment EBIT for the second quarter of 2006 and 2005 included earnings related to the Company's equity share of income at its European roofing joint venture, Icopal, of $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

Industrial Components: Net sales of $214.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006 represented a 3% increase over net sales of $209.2 million for the same period in 2005. The tire and wheel business increased revenues on higher commercial outdoor power equipment, ATV (all-terrain vehicles) and high speed trailer tire sales as well as increased sales to the replacement market. Improvement in the tire and wheel business was slightly offset by lower sales in the power transmission belt business driven by reduced volumes for the agricultural market. EBIT of $23.4 million in the second quarter of 2006 was 18% above EBIT of $19.8 million reported in the same quarter of 2005. Earnings in the current-year quarter included a $5.6 million gain resulting from the curtailment of certain retiree medical benefits and $1.5 million of proceeds related to certain legal actions initiated by the Company. Negatively impacting results in the second quarter of 2006 were charges of $1.3 million related to a lease termination and $1.2 million related to the impairment of certain assets at the closed Red Wing, MN facility. Earnings in the prior year included $3.6 million related to certain legal actions.

Diversified Components: Net sales of $185.1 million in the second quarter of 2006 were 20% higher than net sales of $154.5 million for the same period of 2005 while EBIT in the second quarter of 2006 of $21.5 million was 41% higher than EBIT of $15.3 million in the second quarter of 2005. Results for the current-year quarter were negatively impacted by pre-tax charges of $2.5 million related to an arbitration proceeding concerning the termination of a supply agreement in the Company's high-performance wire and cable business. Strong demand in the specialty trailer business and the wire and cable business, as well as acquisitions in the two brake businesses accounted for a significant portion of the increase in net sales. The Company's refrigerated truck body business also experienced favorable comparisons to the prior year, which was negatively impacted by a labor dispute in 2005.

Discontinued Operations

In the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company announced it was exiting the businesses of Carlisle Systems & Equipment which include Carlisle Process Systems and the Walker Group. On April 10, 2006, Carlisle announced it had signed a definitive agreement to sell Carlisle Process Systems to Tetra Pak, a division of the Tetra Laval Group, a private industrial group headquartered in Switzerland. The sale of the Carlisle Process Systems businesses is subject to regulatory approvals as well as other customary closing conditions. The Company is actively marketing the Walker Group businesses. The sale of Carlisle Process Systems and the Walker Group businesses are expected to be completed by December 31, 2006.

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the second quarter of 2006 was $1.4 million as compared to losses from discontinued operations in the second quarter of 2005 of $7.4 million.

Net Income

Net income for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006 of $56.0 million, or $1.80 per diluted share, was 61% higher than net income in the second quarter ended June 30, 2005 of $34.7 million, or $1.11 per diluted share. The increase in net income for the second quarter 2006 was due primarily to the improved income from continuing operations as well as the second quarter 2005 including the aforementioned losses from discontinued operations.

Cash Flow

Cash provided by continuing operations of $55.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was significantly stronger than $19.8 million provided in the first half of 2005 due primarily to increased operating income and a reduction in cash required to fund working capital levels. Cash used in investing activities was $46.9 million in 2006 compared to $46.1 million in 2005. Capital expenditures of $50.9 million in the first half of 2006 were comparable to capital expenditures of $50.7 million in the first six months of 2005 with the Construction Materials segment representing the majority of the expenditures for both periods. Cash used in financing activities of $15.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006 compared to cash provided by financing activities of $41.9 million in the first half of 2005. The year-over-year change in financing cash flow is due primarily to a reduction in short-term borrowings in 2006 on stronger cash flow from operating activities. Financing cash flows in 2005 included the use of $16.4 million to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock.

Backlog

Backlog from continuing operations at June 30, 2006 of $269.9 million was below the backlog of $295.4 million at March 31, 2006 and slightly higher than the backlog of $261.3 million at June 30, 2005. Increased backlog for the Construction Materials segment was more than offset by decreased backlog in the Industrial Components segment reflecting the seasonality of the lawn and garden market.

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Stockguru.com: StockGuru Price and Volume Alerts for Tuesday July 25, 2006 - One Company Closes $25 Million Financing While Another Announces Acquisition

Dallas, Texas, Jul 25, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- StockGuru Price and Volume Alerts for Tuesday include Torrent Energy Corporation (OTCBB: TREN), ,Produce Safety & Security International, Inc. (OTCDSC), Cal-Bay International, Inc. (OTCBB: CBAY) , Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation (OTC: PGPM ), and PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: PHLI) StockGuru Price and Volume Alerts feature companies with significant moves in either volume or price in the past two trading sessions. In our update we analyze recent news about the companies featured and detail the movement in the stock.




Torrent Energy Corporation (OTCBB: TREN) - Monday\'s shares increased 4.66% over open to $1.90. The volume was at 73,521. Torrent Energy Corporation is pleased to announce that it has completed a $25,000,000 preferred share offering. Under the terms of this financing, the Company has received gross proceeds of $9,000,000 and is scheduled to receive another $8,500,000 upon filing of a registration statement registering the offering plus another $7,500,000 upon effectiveness of the registration statement. These proceeds will be used to fund the development of the Company\'s Coos Bay project, exploration of its Washington State project and for general working capital. For more details, please review the Company\'s Form 8-K filing regarding the offering.

Torrent Energy Corporation is a growing exploration company focusing on developing non-conventional natural gas reserves in the Northwestern United States. The Company\'s primary objective is to create value for stakeholders by applying strong technical expertise to projects. The current focus of the Company\'s Oregon subsidiary, Methane Energy Corp., is on the exploration of the Coos Bay Basin project in southwestern Oregon where the Company currently has a land portfolio that includes over 116,000 acres of prospective land. The Company\'s Washington subsidiary, Cascadia Energy, is focused on two projects in southwestern Washington State where it holds substantial lease and lease option commitments. For more information please visit www.torrentenergy.com.













Produce Safety & Security International, Inc. (OTCDSC) - Monday\'s shares stayed even at $0.08400. The volume was at 2,024,076. Produce Safety and Security International, Inc. , an ozone and chemical sanitation disinfectant process supplier to the food and medical industries, announces the acquisition of Atomic X(TM) Hydration Company ("AtomicX"). The companies have closed the first segment of a four-step process. AtomicX is now an owned subsidiary of Produce Safety and Security International and the agreement calls on AtomicX to become a fully owned subsidiary within a twelve-month period.

PDSC has developed and patented products for extending the shelf life of perishables. The EPA-registered products sanitize and disinfect against food-borne illness pathogens and disease-causing bacteria. PDSC provides a range of options for retail stores, restaurants, cruise ship lines, disaster cleanups and municipal programs. Furthermore, the process incorporates a complete audit trail, an essential component for complying with government regulations in the USA, Canada and Mexico.













Cal-Bay International, Inc. (OTCBB: CBAY) - Monday\'s shares closed down at -15.38% with a price of $0.220. The volume was at 243,182. Cal-Bay International, Inc. announces the appointment of Robert J. Mackle as Senior Vice President and William Sickert as Vice President to Cal-Bay\'s Board of Directors. Cal-Bay\'s President and CEO today announced the appointments to Cal-Bay\'s Board of Directors. CEO Roger Pawson commented, "We are extremely fortunate to be able to have the professional expertise and experience of Rob Mackle and Bill Sickert as valued additions to Cal-Bay\'s Board of Directors. As Cal-Bay continues to grow, experienced professionals such as Rob and Bill are not only a valuable but necessary addition to the company". The appointments become effective August 1st, 2006.

Cal-Bay International, Inc. has been on the OTCBB Naked Short Threshold list 2 times. Brokerage firms have been out of compliance with Regulation SHO twice. Regulation SHO took effect January 3, 2005, and provides a new regulatory framework governing short selling of securities. It was designed with the objective of simplifying and modernizing short sale regulation and providing controls where they are most needed. At the conclusion of each settlement day, data is provided on securities in which: 1) there are at least 10,000 shares in aggregate failed deliveries for the security for five consecutive settlement days, and 2) these failures constitute at least 0.5% of the issuer\'s total shares outstanding. SEC Regulation SHO, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, mandates that, if a clearing agent has had a fail-to-deliver position for 13 consecutive settlement days, that clearing agent, and the broker/dealer it clears for, must purchase securities to close out its fail to deliver position.












Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation (OTC: PGPM ) - Monday\'s shares closed down at -11.67% with a price of $0.05300. The volume was at 1,328,523. Pilgrim Petroleum is pleased to announce its Mid-Year Second Quarter President\'s Report to shareholders and potential investors is available at www.apetroleum.com. Rafael Pinedo, President of Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation, commented, "Pilgrim Petroleum Management is highly focused on high level results. We will continue to acquire properties and bring our wells on line throughout 2006, building solid foundations."

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation is a publicly traded independent oil and gas company . The company is acquiring oil and gas leases, producing properties, mineral rights, and surface interests in Texas. Once acquired, the company intends to develop each property to maximize the income from each property by refurbishing and improving the existing production.










PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: PHLI) - Monday\'s shares closed down at -3.83% with a price of $1.76. The volume was at 18,630. PacificHealth Laboratories announced that Accelerade, the only sports drink with the patented and proven-effective 4:1 carbohydrate to protein ratio, has been named the official sports drink for USA Wrestling. Under the terms of the agreement with USA Wrestling, Accelerade will be named the title sponsor for the 2006 USA Wrestling Cadet National Championships, scheduled to take place at the Fargo Dome in Fargo, ND from July 23 - 28.

PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. , a leading nutrition technology company, has been a pioneer in discovering, developing and commercializing patented, protein-based nutritional products that stimulate specific peptides involved in appetite regulation and that activate biochemical pathways involved in muscle performance and growth. PHLI\'s principle areas of focus include weight loss, management of Type 2 diabetes and sports performance.

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25.07.2006 14:50
Aktien NYSE/NASDAQ Ausblick: Uneinheitlich erwartet - Zahlenreigen
Nach den deutlichen Gewinnen vom Vortag werden die US-Börsen am Dienstag uneinheitlich erwartet. Ihren Blick richten Anleger vor allem auf die Vielzahl der Unternehmenszahlen. Der Future auf den S&P-500-Index <INX.IND> verlor gegen 14.30 Uhr um 0,06 Prozent auf 1.266,70 Punkte. Am Vortag hatte der Index um 1,66 Prozent bei 1.260,91 Punkte zugelegt. Der Future auf den NASDAQ-100-Index <NDX.X.IND> <NDX.X.NQI> gewann 0,18 Prozent auf 1.497,25 Punkte. Der Index hatte am Montag um 2,10 Prozent auf 1.482,34 Punkte zugelegt.

Texas Instruments <TXN.NYS> <TII.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) legten vorbörslich 2,80 Prozent auf 28,62 Dollar zu. Der Halbleiter-Hersteller hat seinen operative Gewinn im zweiten Quartal dank einer starken Nachfrage nach Handy- und Elektrogeräte-Chips wie erwartet gesteigert.

Die Aktie von 3M <MMM.NYS> <MMM.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) gab im vorbörslichen US-Handel um 0,61 Prozent auf 71,25 US-Dollar nach. Der amerikanische Mischkonzern hat im zweiten Quartal mehr Gewinn erwirtschaftet als im Vorjahr, allerdings die durchschnittliche Markterwartung verfehlt.

Für die Titel von McDonald's <MCD.NYS> <MDO.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) ging es vor Handelsbeginn um 1,61 Prozent auf 35,40 Dollar nach oben. Die weltgrößte Schnellimbisskette will in diesem und im nächsten Jahr fünf bis sechs Milliarden Dollar für Aktienrückkäufe und Dividenden ausgeben.

Altria-Aktien <MO.NYS> <PHM7.ETR> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) gewannen im vorbörslichen US-Handel 0,96 Prozent auf 80,25 Dollar. Der US-Tabak- und Nahrungsmittelkonzern hat seine Prognose für das laufende Geschäftsjahr erneut erhöht.

Auf ihrem Schlussstand vom Montag verharrte dagegen die Aktie von DuPont <DD.NYS> <DU7.FSE>. Der US-amerikanische Chemiekonzern hat im zweiten Quartal bei einem leichten Umsatzrückgang vor Sonderfaktoren mehr verdient als ein Jahr zuvor und dabei die Prognosen der Analysten übertroffen./mw/sc

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XTO Energy Announces Record Production and Earnings in Second Quarter

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 25, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) today reported record second quarter 2006 production of 1.516 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) per day, up 16% from the second quarter 2005 level of 1.303 Bcfe per day, and up 4% sequentially from 1.460 Bcfe per day in first quarter 2006. Total revenues for the second quarter were $1.07 billion, a 42% increase from $749 million the prior year. Earnings for the quarter reached a record $597 million, or $1.64 per share ($1.62 diluted), a 171% increase from second quarter 2005 earnings of $220 million, or 61 cents per share (60 cents diluted). Included in second quarter 2006 earnings are a $469 million gain ($292 million after-tax) on the distribution of Hugoton Royalty Trust units and a $26 million income tax expense related to a new Texas margin tax enacted during the quarter. After adjusting for the after- tax effects of these items as well as for the derivative fair value gain, adjusted earnings for second quarter 2006 were $320 million, or 88 cents per share (87 cents diluted). Second quarter 2005 adjusted earnings were $220 million, or 61 cents per share (60 cents diluted). See the end of this release for further explanation and reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.
Second quarter 2006 earnings are also net of a $27 million after-tax non- cash charge related to expensing second quarter stock awards as required after adoption of SFAS 123R as of January 1, 2006. Non-cash stock compensation is expected to be approximately $5 million ($3 million after-tax) in each of the third and fourth quarters of 2006.

Operating income for the quarter was $576 million, a 50% increase from second quarter 2005 operating income of $385 million. Operating cash flow, defined as cash provided by operations, before changes in operating assets and liabilities, exploration expense and significant cash flow effects of earnings adjustments, was $664 million, up 39% from 2005 second quarter comparable operating cash flow of $478 million. See the end of this release for further explanation and reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.

The Company set quarterly records for its oil and gas production. Second quarter 2006 production was 1.516 Bcfe per day, up 16% from the second quarter 2005 level of 1.303 Bcfe per day. Excluding the effects of the distribution of Hugoton Royalty Trust units to shareholders, daily production for the quarter would have increased by an additional 20.6 million cubic feet equivalent (MMcfe) per day. Second quarter daily gas production averaged 1.175 Bcf, up 15% from second quarter 2005 daily production of 1.019 Bcf. Daily oil production for the second quarter was 45,159 barrels, a 22% increase from the second quarter 2005 level of 37,022 barrels. During the quarter, natural gas liquids production was 11,712 barrels per day, a 14% increase from the prior year quarter rate of 10,305 barrels per day.

"XTO is built on a strategy of reliable growth and exceptional economic performance. We are proud that the quarterly results, once again, highlight these strengths in our franchise. In short, our key performance metrics -- production growth, earnings and cash flow -- all exceeded expectations," stated Bob R. Simpson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Moving ahead, we are raising our production growth target for the year to 13-14%, which does not include the 3% of production associated with the Hugoton Royalty Trust distribution in May. Our inventory-rich property base will continue to provide growth in production and reserves for years to come, fortifying the value of XTO for our shareholders."

Keith A. Hutton, President, further comments, "Our operational results reflect the Company's ongoing success in delivering drill-bit growth. Production gains for the quarter beat our guidance, with sequential equivalent production increasing by about 4%. Our net production in the Eastern region grew to 603 MMcfe per day, up from 562 MMcfe per day in the first quarter, with the average Freestone Trend gross production increasing by 35 MMcf per day. Drilling success in the Barnett Shale grew net daily production to 171 MMcf from 149 MMcf in this area, up 15% quarter-over-quarter. As a result, Barnett Shale net production has already exceeded our 2006 production goal of 160 MMcf per day by year end. With 70 drilling rigs currently working companywide, we have raised our 2006 development budget to $2.1 billion to accommodate higher Barnett working interests and additional fracturing costs, 50 additional development wells and our high-impact leasing efforts. XTO is on schedule for another record operational year and, looking forward, we plan to continue our double-digit growth again in 2007."

The average realized gas price for the second quarter increased 15% to $6.99 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) from $6.10 per Mcf in second quarter 2005. Natural gas liquids prices averaged $38.53 per barrel for the quarter, 27% higher than the 2005 quarter average price of $30.29. The second quarter average oil price was $62.25 per barrel, a 44% increase from last year's second quarter average price of $43.35.

For the first six months of 2006, the Company reported record earnings of $1.06 billion or $2.93 per share ($2.88 diluted), compared with earnings of $386 million or $1.09 per share ($1.07 diluted) for the same 2005 period. Included in year-to-date 2006 earnings are a $469 million gain ($295 million after-tax) on the distribution of Hugoton Royalty Trust units and $26 million of income tax expense related to enactment of a new Texas margin tax. After adjusting for the after-tax effects of these items as well as for a derivative fair value gain, year-to-date 2006 adjusted earnings were a record $763 million, or $2.10 per share ($2.06 diluted) compared to year-to-date 2005 adjusted earnings of $411 million, or $1.16 per share ($1.14 diluted). Operating cash flow was a record $1.47 billion for the first half of 2006, compared with $888 million for the 2005 period. See the end of this release for further explanation and reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures. Total revenues for the first six months of 2006 were a record $2.28 billion, a 66% increase from revenues of $1.38 billion for the same 2005 period. Year-to-date operating income was $1.35 billion, a 100% increase from $671 million for the first half of 2005.

An Operations Overview detailing second quarter activities is available on the Company's website at http://www.xtoenergy.com.

XTO Energy Inc. is a domestic energy producer engaged in the acquisition, development and discovery of quality, long-lived oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Its properties are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, Utah, Louisiana and Mississippi.

The Company's second quarter 2006 earnings and operational review conference call will be broadcast live via Internet webcast at 4:00 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. The webcast may be accessed on the Company's website at http://www.xtoenergy.com.

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25.07.2006 14:56
Altria hebt Ergebnisprognose 2006 dank Kraft Foods an
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Die Altria Group Inc, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) New York, hat ihre Prognose für das Gesamtjahr 2006 angehoben. Demnach soll das verwässerte Ergebnis je Aktie aus fortgeführtem Geschäft zwischen 5,40 und 5,50 USD anstatt wie ursprünglich geschätzt zwischen 5,25 und 5,35 USD liegen, teilte der US-Lebensmittel- und Tabakkonzern am Dienstag mit.

Grund für die Prognoseanhebung seien vor allem ein höherer Ergebnisbeitrag von der Lebensmittelsparte Kraft Foods Inc. (Nachrichten) Zum einen erwarte sich Altria einen Zuschuss von rund 0,09 USD je Aktie durch den Verkauf des Kraft-Anteils an United Biscuits, zum anderen seien die erwarteten Restrukturierungskosten bei Kraft geringer, als ursprünglich erwartet. Die Restrukturierungskosten würden das Konzernergebnis demnach je Aktie nur noch mit rund 0,28 USD belasten statt mit den ursprünglich angenommenen 0,36 USD.

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Diversified Ethanol a Division of James Monroe Capital Corporation Begins Assembling First Ethanol Plant

CHICAGO, Jul 25, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Diversified Ethanol a Division of James Monroe Capital Corporation (Pink Sheets:JMCP) has purchased components to begin building its first small-batch ethanol plant, and begins component construction today.
The company selected a proven engineering design, known for its energy efficiency and cost effectiveness, and has begun purchasing tanks, pumps, and is building heat exchangers already. Diversified CEO Taylor Moffitt said, "We are still receiving bids on many of the components, but we intend to have this plant operational ASAP so we can move on to expanding it."

The company is in talks with a city development officials in Iowa towns regarding special incentives, such as tax breaks or forgivable loans, to bring jobs to the area. The company is building plant components in a temporary location until a permanent location can be been finalized.

Moffitt said, "The design we have chosen is literally a prize winner, so we know what to expect. After OPEC's leader made a statement on Friday that there has been too much oil in the market, we figured that meant they might cut oil production. We want to be producing ethanol this summer."

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3M Reports Second-Quarter Sales and Earnings

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jul 25, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 3M (NYSE:MMM) today announced its sales and profit results for the second quarter 2006.
Second-quarter worldwide sales totaled $5.7 billion, up 7.5 percent compared to the second quarter of 2005. Total local-currency sales increased 7.2 percent, including 2.6 percent from acquisitions, primarily CUNO. Local-currency sales increased 11 percent in Industrial and Transportation, 8.3 percent in Safety, Security and Protection Services, 6.5 percent in Display and Graphics, 6.1 percent in Electro and Communications, 4.6 percent in Consumer and Office, and 4.1 percent in Health Care. All six businesses posted positive local currency growth for the fourth consecutive quarter.

Second-quarter net income was $882 million, or $1.15 per share, including net gains of $0.10 per share due to the combination of positive benefits from income tax adjustments(a), partially offset by settlement costs of a previously disclosed antitrust class action(b) and costs related to the company's current efforts to seek strategic alternatives for its branded pharmaceuticals business. In the second quarter of 2005, net income was $754 million, or $0.96 per share, which included a $0.10 per share charge related to the domestic reinvestment provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004(c). Included in these results are stock options related costs of $0.07 per share in the second quarter of 2006 and $0.04 per share in the second quarter of 2005(d). Reported net income and earnings per share increased 16.9 percent and 19.8 percent, respectively.

As the company stated in its July 7 press release, second-quarter sales and profits were impacted in large part by lower than expected sales volumes and higher than anticipated new capacity start-up costs in its Optical Systems Division, which is part of 3M's Display and Graphics business segment. 3M develops and manufactures the world's broadest line of proprietary optical films that enhance the brightness and viewing angle of all types of LCD displays.

"The LCD industry experienced an increase in inventory levels, which had a significant and sudden impact on sales of 3M optical films late in the quarter," said James B. Stake, executive vice president, Display and Graphics Business. "While forecasting demand in this business is difficult, we anticipate that inventories will return to normal in the second half of the year and sales growth will accelerate as consumer demand for LCD TV increases. As a result, we continue to expect record sales of our optical films in 2006. Margins will be somewhat lower due to a shift in mix from monitors to larger format LCD televisions."

Stake also addressed the issue of higher start up costs in the company's new multilayer optical film facility. "Our new facility is designed to produce larger-format films for LCD TVs, which is the fastest-growing segment of the LCD market," he noted. "Producing these new highly complex films at the quality levels demanded by our customers and at acceptable yields is a tremendous challenge. We have been manufacturing multilayer optical films for over a decade, and we are confident that we can resolve these issues to meet the expected increase in seasonal demand."

The company also noted that gross margins were below expectations, largely a result of the optical film issues, but also due in part to capacity constraints in a handful of its core businesses. "We are wasting no time in our efforts to add capacity in some key areas of the portfolio," said George W. Buckley, 3M chairman, president, and chief executive officer, "and in the meantime we are aggressively working to drive out manufacturing cost in the third and fourth quarters."

"I am confident that we will manage through these challenges and deliver on our second half expectations, while continuing to invest for the future," Buckley continued. "There is no doubt whatsoever that our growth agenda is advancing and delivering real results. The near term difficulties with optical in no way diminish my optimism in 3M's prospects. We have injected much-needed investment into our core businesses, particularly in terms of sales coverage, advertising, merchandising and R&D, in order to accelerate our long-term growth capability."

As communicated in the previously mentioned July 7 press release, 3M expects calendar year 2006 reported earnings to be in the range of $4.55 to $4.65 per share. Included in this estimate is the combination of previously mentioned net gains of $0.10 per share in the second quarter of 2006, and an estimated annual cost of $0.17 per share due to expensing of stock options. 3M also expects full-year organic local-currency sales growth of between 5.5 and 8 percent, which is unchanged versus its previous expectation. The company estimates that acquisitions will add about 2 percent to 2006 sales growth.

For the third quarter of 2006, the company expects organic local-currency sales growth of 4 to 8 percent. Acquisitions are expected to add approximately 1.5 percent to third-quarter sales growth. The company expects third-quarter earnings per share will be in the range of $1.10 to $1.15, including an estimated $0.04 per share cost from stock options expensing. In the third quarter of 2005, 3M earned $1.08 per share including $0.02 per share from stock options expensing.

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Enterprise Reports 79% Increase in Net Income for Second Quarter 2006

HOUSTON, Jul 25, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. "Enterprise," (NYSE:EPD) today announced its financial results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006. The partnership reported net income of $126 million, or $0.25 per unit on a fully diluted basis for the second quarter of 2006, a 79% increase from net income of $71 million, or $0.14 per unit in the second quarter of 2005. Net income for the second quarter of 2006 was reduced by approximately $6 million, or $0.01 per unit, for a non-cash charge related to the recently passed Texas margin tax. Net income for the second quarter of 2005 included a non-recurring charge of $12 million, or $0.03 per unit, for costs associated with the refinancing of project debt for the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline System.
Distributable cash flow for the second quarter of 2006 was $217 million compared to $220 million for the second quarter of 2005. Distributable cash flow for the second quarter of 2005 included a $48 million cash distribution received from Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline Company as part of the refinancing of its debt. On July 14, 2006, Enterprise's board of directors approved an increase in the partnership's quarterly cash distribution from $0.445 per unit to $0.4525 per unit with respect to the second quarter of 2006. This represents a 7.7% increase over the $0.42 per unit rate that was paid with respect to the second quarter of 2005. Distributable cash flow for the second quarter of 2006 provided 1.0 times coverage of the cash distribution to the limited partners. Distributable cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that is defined and reconciled later in this press release to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, cash provided by operating activities.

Revenue for the second quarter of 2006 increased 32%, to $3.5 billion compared to $2.7 billion for the second quarter of 2005. Operating income for the second quarter of 2006 increased 48% to $186 million compared to $126 million for the second quarter of 2005. Gross operating margin increased 26% to $311 million for the second quarter of 2006 from $246 million for the same quarter in 2005. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the second quarter of 2006 increased 31% to $299 million from $229 million for the second quarter of 2005. Gross operating margin and EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that are defined and reconciled later in this press release to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

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25.07.2006 15:25
U.S. Bancorp buys SunTrust trustee unit
MINNEAPOLIS (AFX) - U.S. Bancorp, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) the nation's sixth-largest bank, on Tuesday agreed to acquire the municipal and corporate bond trustee business of SunTrust Banks Inc (Nachrichten) .

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will add some 4,700 client issuance and $123 billion of assets under administration to U.S. Bancorp's trustee business.

Upon completion, the bank will have $2.5 trillion in assets under administration, 716,000 bondholders, and more than 92,000 client issuance in the business.

SunTrust, the nation's seventh-largest bank, said the deal reflects its ongoing strategy of 'fine-tuning' its business mix to focus on high-growth market segments. The deal will result in a $70 million third-quarter after-tax gain for the Atlanta-based bank, with a possible additional $10 million gain depending on how much business U.S. Bancorp retains.

The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, SunTrust said.


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25.07.2006 22:04
Sun Microsystems Reports Results for Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) Inc. reported results today for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended June 30, 2006.

Revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 were $3.828 billion, an increase of 29 percent as compared with $2.974 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. Year over year revenue increase resulted from both acquisitions and increasing acceptance of the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System, as well as recently introduced products. Computer Systems Products revenues increased 15% year over year, the second consecutive quarter of year over year revenue increase.

Net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 on a GAAP basis was $301 million or a net loss of ($0.09) per share, as compared with net income of $50 million, or net income per share of $0.01, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.

GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 included: $86 million principally related to intangible asset amortization associated with recent acquisitions, $63 million of stock-based compensation charges relating to the adoption of SFAS 123R, $228 million of restructuring charges and an $8 million benefit for related tax effects, $70 million in impairment of acquisition- related intangible assets, $54 million in settlement income, and a $4 million loss on equity investments. In addition, we incurred a $58 million tax charge and $14 million reduction in other income due to a repatriation of foreign earnings. The net impact of these nine items was approximately ($0.13) per share.

Cash generated from operations for the fourth quarter was $410 million and cash and marketable debt securities balance at the end of the quarter was $4.848 billion.

"We're making excellent progress returning Sun to growth and profitability. Revenue, bookings and backlog are all up substantially -- indicating we're gaining traction, market confidence and share," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems. "Our position is steadily improving -- among a few highlights: the Solaris OS exceeded 5 million licenses in Q4, largely on Dell and HP servers, and on Sun. The Java(TM) platform continues to drive demand in the datacenter and on leading consumer devices. And by opening our UltraSPARC(R) platforms to Ubuntu Linux -- we're proving great products and customer choice matter."

"Our total revenues grew by more than 20% sequentially in the June quarter, and this was the largest sequential growth from Q3 to Q4 since fiscal 2000. Our revenue growth was fairly broad-based from both a geographic and industry basis. In the former Sun standalone business, more than half of our 15 geographies had double-digit product revenue growth year over year. The company did an outstanding job remaining focused on the fundamentals, including shipping product, controlling inventory, and managing the overall cash conversion cycle. And, we're starting the new fiscal year with a healthy product backlog of over $1 billion," said Michael Lehman, chief financial officer and executive vice president, Corporate Resources, Sun Microsystems.

Sun has scheduled a conference call today to discuss its financial results for Q4 fiscal year 2006 at 1:30 p.m. (PT), which is being broadcast live at http://www.sun.com/investors.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION INVESTOR CONTACT: Bret Schaefer 650-786-0123 bret.schaefer@sun.com MEDIA CONTACT: Kristi Rawlinson 650-786-6933 kristi.rawlinson@sun.com INDUSTRY ANALYST CONTACT: Emma Johnson 650-786-3746 emma.johnson@sun.com

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IBM Joins With Aradyme Corp. to Provide State Education Solution

OREM, Utah, Jul 26, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aradyme Corp. (OTCBB: ADYE), a data management company that provides world-class solutions in data migration/conversion and data integration, today announced that IBM (NYSE:IBM) has joined forces with Aradyme to provide an end-to-end solution to help state education reporting agencies comply with "No Child Left Behind" ("NCLB") and other reporting requirements. This solution combines Aradyme's cutting-edge Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) Solution for State Education Reporting(TM), which facilitates fast, flexible data collection, with IBM's education data warehouse offering IBM "Insight at School" (IAS) data warehouse and reporting capabilities.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires states to more closely monitor the overall performance of schools to ensure they make "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP), as well as keep track of how various subgroups of students are performing over time in areas such as math, reading, and science, and what effect intervention programs are having on their performance.

Aradyme's ETL portion of the end-to-end solution for State Education increases the efficiency of collecting student-level data, eases the reporting burden on district, state and federal government agencies, provides easily accessible data to support decision-making, and works with individual districts' existing IT systems.

"Joining forces with Aradyme, educators finally have access to an end-to-end solution that supports the ever-changing environment for state reporting with both the Districts and State Education Departments in mind," said Kirsten Schroeder, IBM Partner, K-12 Education. "Aradyme's ETL solution allows us to offer state agencies a streamlined process for collecting student-level data from school districts, while taking advantage of the Award-winning IBM Business Intelligence (BI) data warehousing. The solution streamlines the efforts of districts to review, cleanse and approve their data. These solutions will improve the quality of the data at the state and district levels and provide better support for decision-making capabilities."

With approximately 16,000 school districts overseeing 85,500 U.S. public schools, it is easy to see just how quickly the process of collecting, storing and reporting on the data for state and federal legislative requirements can become overwhelming. The incentive to comply with NCLB requirements is strong, as the federal government has spent more than $134 billion on NCLB programs to date, and has announced a proposed budget of $24.4 billion for 2007.

"Aradyme is very pleased to be working with IBM to jointly deliver an 'end-to-end' solution that effectively supports state and district educators in meeting NCLB requirements. Our Dynamic Schema Engine(TM)-based ETL Solution is highly configurable and extensible, allowing states to better manage school and student performance by more efficiently collecting and managing data," said Don Hutchings, vice president of sales for Aradyme. "This is another validation of the data management technologies and solution framework we have developed."

Aradyme developed its data collection and management framework based on supporting complex state data management efforts in the areas of voting, corrections and public safety, as well as for the energy/utilities and technology industries. IBM has worked with Aradyme to leverage this framework to support an education environment, serving K-12 school districts, state education agencies, and other education entities. Aradyme and IBM have run proof of concepts with various educational agencies, testing the data collection and management framework in supporting district to state data collection efforts.

This State Education Solution is designed to be platform independent, which allows the education data warehouse to fit into a state's or district's existing and future architecture and provides:

-- More than 150 report templates, including Adequate Yearly Progress reports required by NCLB;

-- IAS Dimensional Data Model;

-- Proven education data models and ETL plans at both the state and district level;

-- Consortium Model that allow districts to partner together to continue solution enhancements at a shared cost;

-- Award-winning IBM Business Intelligence (BI) data warehousing methodology

It also allows for a host of features such as Aradyme's eHarbor(TM) secure communications portal and workflow technology. This data management portal automates data collection, validation, transformation and quality assurance processes, and provides error reporting and feedback, a complete data audit trail, and other valuable capabilities within a unified technology framework built on Aradyme's Dynamic Schema Engine.

Pricing & Availability

The State Education Solution is available immediately and the pricing varies based on the size and scope of an individual state or district's requirements. To learn more about the solution, please read the Aradyme ETL solutions brief at www.aradyme.com/education or see the solution information on IBM's Web site at www.ibm.com/education.

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology (IT) company. IBM is aligned around a single, focused business model: innovation. IBM takes its breadth and depth of insight on issues, processes and operations across a variety of industries, and invents and applies technology to help solve its clients' most intractable business and competitive problems. Although we remain committed, as ever, to lead the development of state-of-the-art technologies, and the products and service offerings built around them, we measure ourselves today by how well we help clients solve their biggest and most pressing problems.

About Aradyme Corp.

Aradyme Corp. is a data management company that provides world-class solutions in data migration/conversion, data integration and application development. These solutions are made possible through a mix of proprietary next-generation database technologies, methodologies and experience that enables customers to simplify their data management efforts and substantially increase the quality of their data. By leveraging the company's dynamic-schema database management system, customers are able to bypass the limitations of traditional database technology and achieve greater flexibility in data handling. For more information about Aradyme, call 801-705-5000 or visit the company's Web site at www.aradyme.com.

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26.07.2006 15:14
Boeing senkt Prog Erg/Aktie 06 wg Belastungen auf 2,40-2,55 USD
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Die Boeing Co, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) Chicago, hat ihre Prognose zum Ergebnis je Aktie 2006 auf 2,40 bis 2,55 USD gesenkt. Der Flugzeughersteller begründete die Revision am Mittwoch bei Vorlage der Zahlen für das zweite Quartal mit Belastungen im Zusammenhang mit der vorläufige Beilegung eines Rechtsstreits mit der US-Regierung. Zudem fielen Belastung wegen der Verspätungen beim internationalen Flugüberwachungsprogramm für Australien und die Türkei an.

Gleichzeitig wurde die Vorhersage für 2007 wegen voraussichtlich höherer Ergebnisse in der Sparte Zivilluftfahrt um 0,15 auf 4,25 bis 4,45 USD je Aktie angehoben. Das Segment Commercial Airplanes verzeichnete im zweiten Quartal einen Umsatzanstieg um 10% auf 7,1 Mrd USD. Das operative Ergebnis kletterte um 51% auf 719 Mio USD.

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26.07.2006 15:12
Biogen: Sondereffekte belasten Ergebnis
Der US-Biotechnologiekonzern hat im zweiten Quartal auf Grund einer starken Absatzentwicklung der beiden Hauptumsatzträger Avonex und Rituxan einen Umsatzanstieg verbucht. Die Umsatzerlöse haben sich im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum um gut neun Prozent auf 660,04 Mio. US-Dollar verbessert. Wertberichtigungen in Zusammenhang mit zwei durchgeführten Akquisitionen sowie weiteren Einmaleffekten haben zu Ergebnisbelastung in Höhe von 331 Mio. Dollar geführt. Letztlich verbucht Biogen (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) ein Nettoergebnis in Höhe von 170,61 Mio. US-Dollar bzw. 50 Cents jet Aktie. Dies entspricht einem Anstieg im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum von fast 400 Prozent. Analysten haben im Vorfeld mit einem Umsatz von 636 Mio. US-Dollar sowie einem Ergebnis je Aktie von 49 Cent gerechnet.

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26.07.2006 15:02
General Motors hebt Einsparziel für 2006 an
DETROIT (Dow Jones)--Die General Motors Corp, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) Detroit, hat ihr Einsparziel für die strukturellen Kosten in Nordamerika angehoben. Wie der US-Automobilhersteller am Mittwoch bei der Vorlage seiner Zweitquartalszahlen mitteilte, werden nun 9 Mrd USD statt der ursprünglich angekündigten 8 Mrd USD angepeilt.

Hintergrund sind größer als erwartete Einsparungen im nordamerikanischen Automobilgeschäft. Hier sollen 2006 6 Mrd USD Kosten statt der ursprünglich geplanten 5 Mrd USD eingespart werden. GM-CEO und -Chairman Rick Wagoner verwies in diesem Zusammenhang auf das über den Erwartungen liegende Abfindungsprogramm, mit dem Mitarbeiter freiwillig aus dem Unternehmen ausscheiden können, und andere Kostensenkungsprogramme.

Wagoner bezeichnete die Umsetzung des Restrukturierungsplans im ersten Halbjahr als "solide". Bei GM Nordamerika seien Kostenverbesserungen vor Sonderposten von mehr als 2 Mrd USD erzielt worden. Im laufenden zweiten Halbjahr werden sich die Kostensenkungen noch deutlicher auf der Ergebnisseite zeigen.

-Von Michael Baron, Dow Jones Newswires, +49 (0)69 - 29725 111,

unternehmen.de@dowjones.com

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26.07.2006 15:02
GlaxoSmithKline hebt Ergebnisprognose 2006 an
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Die GlaxoSmithKline plc, (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) London, hebt ihre Prognose für das Ergebniswachstum je Aktie 2006 auf rund 12% an. Der Konzern habe ein weiteres erfolgreiches Quartal mit einem Pharmaumsatzwachstum von 10% abgeschlossen, was ihm ermögliche, die Wachstumsprognose anzuheben, sagte CEO JP Garnier am Mittwoch laut Pressemitteilung.

Die Pipeline mache gute Fortschritte und "wir haben gerade erst außerordentliche Daten über die Wirksamkeit unseres Impfmittels gegen eine H5N1-Pandemie erhalten", so Garnier weiter. Dies sei ein Meilenstein in der Entwicklung des Impfstoffs.

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26.07.2006 14:38
Aktien NYSE/NASDAQ Ausblick: Knapp behauptet erwartet - Amazon sehr schwach
Die US-Börsen werden am Mittwoch voraussichtlich mit einem hauchdünnen Minus starten. Darauf deuten die vorbörslichen Indikatoren. Vor dem offiziellen Börsenstart gab es bereits viel Bewegung am Markt, da eine Reihe Unternehmen ihre Daten veröffentlicht hat. Der Future auf den S&P-500-Index <INX.IND> verlor gegen 14.20 Uhr um 0,09 Prozent auf 1.270,30 Punkte. Der Index hatte am Vortag 0,63 Prozent bei 1.268,88 Punkte zugelegt. Der Future auf den NASDAQ-100-Index <NDX.X.IND> <NDX.X.NQI> verlor 0,08 Prozent auf 1.491,00 Punkte, nach einem Vortagsschluss von plus 0,48 Prozent auf 1.489,52 Punkte.

Aktien von Boeing <BA.NYS> <BCO.ETR> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) gaben nach Zahlen und Ausblick vorbörslich um 1,19 Prozent auf 82,75 US-Dollar nach. Der amerikanische Flugzeughersteller hat zwar die Umsatz- und Gewinnprognose für das kommende Jahr erhöht, für 2006 aber den Ausblick für den Gewinn je Aktie (EPS) gesenkt.

Die Titel von Amazon.com <AMZN.NAS> <AMZ.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) brachen im vorbörslichen Handel um 12,77 Prozent auf 29,30 US-Dollar ein. Der Online-Einzelhändler hat im zweiten Quartal wegen hoher Technologie-Ausgaben einen Gewinneinbruch erlitten und die Markterwartungen verfehlt.

Nach oben ging es für General-Motors-Aktien (GM) <GM.NYS> <GMC.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) mit einem Plus von 5,35 Prozent auf 32,30 US-Dollar. Der weltgrößte Autobauer verließ im zweiten Quartal vor Sonderposten die Verlustzone und steigerte seine Umsätze.

Profitieren konnten auch Sun Microsystems <SUNW.NAS> <SSY.FSE> (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs). Die Aktien stiegen bereits vorbörslich um 2,69 Prozent auf 4,09 Dollar. Der angeschlagene amerikanische Computerkonzern hat im vierten Quartal einen Verlust eingefahren; Sun Micro-Chef Jonathan Schwartz sieht sein Unternehmen aber auf Kurs, wieder zu Wachstum und Gewinn zu kommen./mw/sc

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Wall Street News Alert: TGLE, Thursday's Stock on the Move! July 27, 2006 NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Wall Street Capital Funding.

WESTON, FL, Jul 27, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Titan Global Entertainment Incorporated (PINKSHEETS: TGLE), Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).
Once again, Titan Global Entertainment, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TGLE) has issued another press release which may have aggressive investors attention! Yesterday after the stock markets closed, the company issued a new press release announcing that it has entered a private label marketing agreement with INSYSTCOM to offer "Titan Universe" to Resorts & Hotels.

The company's massive number of recent press releases may be beginning to attract the interest of investors! INSYSTCOM currently provides Video-on-Demand to resorts and hotels through its trademarked products SeaLynx(TM) and ResortLynx(TM). INSYSTCOM delivers its content through Service-Enabling Architecture, to support the "Triple play" services of video, voice, and data. The unprecedented capabilities of INSYSTCOM's hardware and software components come together to finally offer property owners the throughput, power and control that they truly need to deploy Triple Play successfully.

Continue to watch this company! Titan will provide INSYSTCOM a private label portal that will consist of all the content and merchandise within the "Titan Universe." Through its relationship with Titan, INSYSTCOM can now offer its clients a technology that provides access to streaming audio, pod casts and streaming video. In addition, the "Titan Universe" technology offers resort and hotel guests the ability to buy music, videos, games and books through a single web portal.


Titan Global Entertainment, Inc is a multi-faceted entertainment company that specializes in audio and video digital distribution through its state-of-the-art web portal -- TitanTunes.com, the design, production and sale of four multi-media players (The Omni), traditional record production and marketing through Universal Music Group distribution, television, publishing and artist management. Titan is dedicated to supplying new emerging technologies for music to talented artists of various backgrounds on the worldwide web.

Insystcom, Inc. provides interactive entertainment and communication solutions to the luxury resort, hotel and timeshare markets. ResortLynx delivers Video on Demand at MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoded rates, high-speed Internet access (HSIA) to the room/suite TV screen, WiFi to the guest Notebook and Mobile TV to cell phones, PDAs and Pocket PCs. The use of ADSL as transport for ResortLynx allows high video data rates combined with ease of installation since existing telephone cabling is used. The use of ResortLynx in thousands of suites & rooms prove the success of this unique technology combination.

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) up 0.4% on 51.6 million shares traded.

Lucent designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) up 1.7% on 17.3 million shares traded.

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) down 0.4% on 8.1 million shares traded.

Commentary:

"Oil prices finished slightly higher on yesterday, with no let down in the Middle East conflict and after U.S. government data showed a large drop in gasoline supplies. Light sweet crude for September delivery rose 19 cents to settle at $73.94 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, where gasoline futures climbed more than a penny to settle at $2.2962 a gallon," stated Sonja Rudd in Wall Street News Alert's daily commentary continued at: http://www.WallStreetNewsAlert.com.

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Aldila, Inc.
27.07.06 22:00 Uhr

13,92 USD

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Aldila Announces Results for Second Quarter 2006

POWAY, CA, Jul 26, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Aldila, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALDA) announced today net sales of $17.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and net income of $2.7 million ($0.47 fully diluted per share). In the comparable 2005 second quarter, the Company had net sales of $21.8 million and net income of $3.6 million ($0.66 fully diluted per share). For the six months ended June 30, 2006, net sales decreased by $1.5 million to $38.2 million from the same period in 2005, and net income of $7.0 million remained the same as compared to the same period in 2005.
"In our second quarter 2006, sales of golf and related products were 25% lower than in the comparable quarter of 2005," said Mr. Peter R. Mathewson, Chairman of the Board and CEO. "Sales of composite prepreg materials in the second quarter of 2006 were up 28% as compared to the 2005 period and represented 15% of consolidated sales in the current quarter. The average selling price of golf shafts decreased 9% quarter on quarter on a 21% decrease in unit sales. Branded golf shaft sales decreased 30% and co-branded sales decreased by 34% versus the 2005 second quarter, and together represented 53% of our golf shaft sales in the current quarter as compared to 56% in the comparable quarter last year. Lower average selling prices for golf shafts sold along with a charge for certain non-branded shaft products totaling $380,000 for inventory reserves and sales returns affected our gross margin, which decreased to 36% for the second quarter of 2006 as compared to 37% in the second quarter of 2005. The Company's backlog of sales orders at June 30, 2006 of $9.4 million was lower than the $12.7 million at June 30, 2005," Mr. Mathewson said.

"Our decline in results in the second quarter 2006 versus the second quarter 2005 was attributed to a general lack of new club programs in the golf club market, which resulted in a slowing of our branded sales. Customers indicate several new programs are slated to begin in the late third and fourth quarters of this year, and we believe our OEM customers have slowed their order rate to manage inventories on older product lines. Two of the largest golf club companies are offering one of the most aggressive promotions in recent memory, buy a driver and receive a fairway wood at no charge. This is a sign of a lackluster golf equipment market. NV(TM) shaft sales appear to have peaked, and their sales are likely to decline over time as new products enter the market place. We are optimistic that our VS Proto(TM) 'ByYou' wood shaft and hybrid shaft will help make up the decline in NV(TM) sales. Several of our OEM customers have signed on for programs using this new shaft which has a selling price higher than our NV(TM) shafts. We believe production and sales of these new shafts will increase in the second half of the year. While our sales and our backlog for second quarter 2006 are below levels from last year, our six month sales numbers are only slightly below 2005 and we are pleased with the new programs developing for the second half of the year and the sales potential of our VS Proto(TM) 'ByYou' wood and hybrid shaft model. We believe the use of branded shafts in drivers, fairway woods and hybrids will continue and Aldila will remain a strong force in the branded shaft market," said Mr. Mathewson.

"Our numbers continue to increase on Tour. The Aldila NV(TM) and VS Proto(TM) 'ByYou' shafts are leading shafts on the PGA and Nationwide Tours. Players using the new VS Proto(TM) have won several tournaments in the first half of 2006, including the 2006 U.S. Open. PGA Tour Professionals have won nearly $15,000,000 during 2006 using drivers featuring Aldila shafts. On the Nationwide Tour, Aldila remains the leading wood and hybrid shaft manufacturer, some weeks having nearly three times as many hybrid shafts in play as compared to our nearest competitor. Aldila shafts remain the top choice at the club professional level as well. During the recent PGA Club Professional Championship, Aldila was the leading wood and hybrid shaft in play. This success on Tour has continued to spur demand for the NV(TM) and NVS wood and hybrid shafts in the market. The Aldila NV(TM) remains the leading shaft sold through major OEMs in their custom upgrade and stock custom offerings. Our market success was underscored in the recently completed Darrell Sun Belt Consumer Survey where Aldila was the overwhelming favorite shaft brand by two to one over our nearest competitor for use in new drivers, hybrid clubs and fairway woods," Mr. Mathewson said.

"Sales of prepreg composite material continued to grow with a 28% increase in sales versus the second quarter of 2005. Our new resin filmer is now fully operational and our sixth prepreg tape line is scheduled to be installed and operational in the fourth quarter of this year which will increase our production capacity," Mr. Mathewson said.

"In our hockey business, we are focusing on strengthening Mission/Itech's pro service business as we both believe this will benefit their retail sales efforts. Plans are being implemented to allow for rapid prototyping of NHL player custom stick orders. Our hockey sales in the quarter were up 93% versus the comparable quarter last year and we feel good about our prospects going forward," Mr. Mathewson said.

"Carbon Fiber Technology LLC ("CFT"), our joint venture carbon fiber plant, is running smoothly at this time and some of the nagging operating issues have been resolved and we are looking for an increasing level of production. We have an initiative in process to establish additional raw material precursor sources with better quality for the future. Global carbon fiber is still in short supply," said Mr. Mathewson.

"Our Vietnam venture is progressing well and on schedule, targeted for operation in the first quarter of 2007," Mr. Mathewson said.

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QuestAir Receives Final Order from ExxonMobil Research and Engineering for Refinery Demonstration

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jul 28, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- QuestAir Technologies Inc. (TSX:QAR)(AIM:QAR) ("QuestAir" or the "Company") announced today that it has received a CDN $2.2 million purchase order from ExxonMobil to complete construction of a prototype hydrogen purifier to be demonstrated at an ExxonMobil refinery.
QuestAir has been working with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering since 2003 to develop a large capacity pressure swing adsorption ("PSA") system for use in oil refineries and petrochemical plants. The order announced today covers the supply of QuestAir's proprietary PSA system as part of the prototype plant. In December 2005, QuestAir received initial purchase orders totalling CDN $1.8 million towards the prototype plant construction.

About QuestAir Technologies Inc.

QuestAir Technologies Inc. is a developer and supplier of proprietary gas purification systems for several large international markets, including existing markets such as oil refining, biogas production and natural gas processing, and emerging markets such as fuel cell power plants and fuel cell vehicle refueling stations. QuestAir is based in Burnaby, British Columbia and its shares trade on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange Plc. and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "QAR".

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BUYINS.NET: CTRN, DPM, HDTV, IMCO, IOC, LR Have Been Removed From Naked Short List Today

Jul 28, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been removed from the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN), D C P Midstream Partners (NYSE: DPM), SpatiaLight, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDTV), IMPCO Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: IMCO), InterOil Corporation (AMEX: IOC), Lafarge S.A. (NYSE: LR)







Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN) operates as a retailer of urban fashion apparel and accessories in the United States. It offers various apparel, including dresses, sportswear, and plus-sized offerings for men and women; and offerings for infants, toddlers, boys, and girls. The company also offers accessories, such as intimate apparel, handbags, hats, jewelry, footwear, toys, belts, and sleepwear, as well as an assortment of home decor, which includes giftware, lamps, pictures, mirrors, and figurines. As of May 18, 2006, Citi Trends operated 253 stores in urban and rural markets in 16 states. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia. With 13.49 million shares outstanding and 1.9 million shares declared short as of June 2006, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of CTRN.











D C P Midstream Partners (NYSE: DPM) engages in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting, and selling natural gas, as well as in transporting and selling natural gas liquids. The partnership operates in two segments, Natural Gas Services and NGL Logistics. The Natural Gas Services segment comprises North Louisiana system, which is an approximately 1,430-mile integrated pipeline system located in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas. The