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QC Holdings Inc. jumped 54% on a volume spike without any apparent fresh news from the payday loan firm. See (QCCO). Dec 03, 2008 4:18pm

Furniture Brands International up 25% following news on Monday of a new addition to its board. See (FBN). Dec 03, 2008 3:44pm

WR Grace rises 23% after chairman buys 100K shares, VP buys 20K shares.

See (GRA).

Dec 03, 2008 3:41pm

Acorn Int'l posts loss in Q3, reiterates FY08 view. Shares up 22%. See (ATV). Dec 03, 2008 3:33pm

Polypore subsidiary Celgard receives battery development contract from USABC; PPI up 32%. See (PPO). Dec 03, 2008 3:20pm

Orthofix Intl. climbed 21% on news that a large owner in the firm is pushing for it to call a special shareholder meeting and sell a medical business unit, reduce corporate overhead. See (OFIX). Dec 03, 2008 12:34pm

Grey Wolf Inc. rose 23% as the oil and gas driller announced a merger deal with Precision Drilling Trust. See (GW). Dec 03, 2008 12:33pm

Forest City Enterprises Inc. jumped 26% as the commercial property firm benefited from the bounce in homebuilder and REITS. See (FCE.B). Dec 03, 2008 12:32pm

Other small-cap homebuilders rallying today were Lennar Corp., which was up 8%, and KB Home, which soared 16%. See (LEN) and (KBH). Dec 03, 2008 12:28pm

Centex Corp. was a star Tuesday and jumped another 12% today. See (CTX). Dec 03, 2008 12:27pm

NewStar Financial up another 17% today, continuing its ascent that began Tuesday morning. See (NEWS). Dec 03, 2008 12:23pm

Loral Space & Communications up 37% on light volume. See (LORL). Dec 03, 2008 11:38am

RC2 Corporation rallied 9% as the toy and collectibles maker pushed back above the 20-day moving average. See (RCRC). Dec 03, 2008 10:12am

Del Monte Foods Co. rallied 15% after the firm topped the earnings forecast and raised guidance. See (DLM). Dec 03, 2008 10:11am

Geron announces initiation of Phase I clinical trial of vaccine candidate; shares climb 3% in pre-market. See (GERN). Dec 03, 2008 9:02am

POZEN announces positive top line results for its PN 400 Phase 3 trials; shares up 5.5% in pre-market. See (POZN). Dec 03, 2008 8:58am

Sierra Wireless up 3% in pre-market after making a friendly offer for Wavecom. See (SWIR). Dec 03, 2008 8:50am

Linn Energy up 3.8% in pre-market, after the stock failed to embrace the uptick seen by many energy stocks on Tuesday. See (LINN). Dec 03, 2008 8:37am

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Future Canada China Environment Inc. jumped 50%, but the move took place on very light volume; this unknown entity has suddenly stormed to $15/share after debuting in mid-October as a nickel stock. See (FCCE). Dec 02, 2008 4:23pm

Advanced Medical Optics Inc. rose 22%, reversing a sizable decline from Monday. See (EYE). Dec 02, 2008 12:49pm

Williams-Sonoma Inc. jumped nearly 25% as the retailer operator of Pottery Barn received analyst upgrades. See (WSM). Dec 02, 2008 12:48pm

Deltek Inc. rose 34% as the software designer generated a big outside bullish reversal on daily charts following Monday’s swoon. See (PROJ). Dec 02, 2008 12:48pm

Colonial Properties Trust jumped 38% after the multifamily real estate investment trust announced dividends.

See (CLP).

Dec 02, 2008 12:46pm

US Airways Group Inc. and Alaska Air Group Inc. were both up about 8%, as airline stocks are flying high today. See (LCC) and (ALK). Dec 02, 2008 12:44pm

Apollo Investment gaps 14.14% higher today as financials are seeing an uptick across the board. See (AINV). Dec 02, 2008 12:08pm

Elbit Imaging announces narrowed Q3 loss; shares climb over 13%. See (EMITF). Dec 02, 2008 12:06pm

Central Garden & Pet is up 16% today following last week's Q4 release that showed a widened loss. See (CENTA). Dec 02, 2008 12:04pm

Shanda Interactive Entertainment rises 14% on better-than-expected Q3 results. See (SNDA). Dec 02, 2008 12:03pm

Shares of Wavecom are 13% higher after the small cap agrees to €218m acquisition. See (WVCM). Dec 02, 2008 12:02pm

DA Davidson maintains "buy" rating on UCBH Holdings, reduces target price to $7.50 from $8 late last week. Shares trading 20% higher today. See (UCBH). Dec 02, 2008 11:58am

Heritage Commerce takes $40 million infusion from Treasury Department; shares pop 17% today. See (HTBK). Dec 02, 2008 11:56am

NewStar Financial is up 24% as small financial firms dominate the gainers this afternoon. See (NEWS). Dec 02, 2008 11:51am

CPI International is up 20% after scheduling its Q4 earnings release for Dec. 15. See (CPII). Dec 02, 2008 11:45am

Waterstone Financial up 28% on light volume, riding the wave that many small-cap financial stocks are seeing today. See (WSBF). Dec 02, 2008 11:43am

Wright Express Corp. rose 13% as the payment processing firm basically recovered Monday’s big slide. See (WXS). Dec 02, 2008 10:20am

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. gapped higher and was up about 17% as the skin treatment firm resolved a patent dispute to license a generic version of it’s acne drug. See (MRX). Dec 02, 2008 10:19am

Clinical Data Inc. rose 11% as the biotech company bounce off Monday’s severe decline amid a dearth of fresh news. See (CLDA). Dec 02, 2008 10:19am

America's Car-Mart Q2 earnings rise; shares climb 6.3% in pre-market. See (CRMT). Dec 02, 2008 9:02am

Acergy jumps 7% in pre-market following an ascent in price last week after Arctic advised buying on valuation. See (ACGY). Dec 02, 2008 9:00am

Randgold up 10.8% in pre-market as the small cap looks poised to enter the FTSE 100 index at the quarterly reshuffle next month. See (GOLD). Dec 02, 2008 8:54am

James River Coal up 16% in pre-market on very light volume. See (JRCC). Dec 02, 2008 8:50am

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The biggest mover today was Mentor Corp., as the maker of breast implants shot some 90% higher on news that the firm would be purchased by Johnson & Johnson for $31 a share. See (MNT). Dec 01, 2008 4:29pm

Bioheart up 5% after filing for reimbursement approval in Europe for stem cell therapy. See (BHRT). Dec 01, 2008 3:45pm

Books-A-Million announces holiday promotions; shares up 2%. See (BAMM). Dec 01, 2008 3:41pm

VAALCO Energy up 11% on heavy volume. See (EGY). Dec 01, 2008 1:43pm

Emrise Corp. up 12% after receiving $1 million in new orders for in-flight entertainment products. See (ERI). Dec 01, 2008 1:41pm

Shares of Premiere Global Services are up 30% after Oppenheimer & Co. upgraded the company to "outperform" from "perform." See (PGI). Dec 01, 2008 1:38pm

Nektar Therapeutics up about 10% on lower-than-average volume. See (NKTR). Dec 01, 2008 11:22am

Telvent up over 8% this morning following news last week that KKR is reportedly planning to bid for the company. See (TLVT). Dec 01, 2008 10:25am

General Growth pops 34% in pre-market after receiving loan extension. See (GGP). Dec 01, 2008 8:48am

Johnson & Johnson to buy Mentor Corp., which is leaping about 90% in pre-market. See (MNT). Dec 01, 2008 8:46am

Qimonda up about 30% in pre-market, reports progress on partner talks, delays results. See (QI). Dec 01, 2008 8:44am

Smith & Wesson fills orders for M&P series polymer pistols last week; shares are up 14% in pre-market. See (SWHC). Dec 01, 2008 8:43am

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Harbin Electric Inc. rallied 17%, climbing above the 20-day moving average on a closing basis with conviction for the first time since August. See (HRBN). Nov 28, 2008 1:44pm

Atlas Pipeline Holdings up 17% on lower-than-average volume. The stock is trading at $5.10, off from a 52-week high of $36.99. See (AHD). Nov 28, 2008 12:20pm

Teekay Tankers announces on Monday a Q3 dividend of $1.07 per share, the stock is tradig over 8% higher today. See (TNK). Nov 28, 2008 11:27am

Convergys Corporation up 23% after unveiling Voice Portal 6 earlier this week. See (CVG). Nov 28, 2008 11:26am

Reliant Energy up 10% following an announcement that it won't proceed with loan financings. See (RRI). Nov 28, 2008 11:25am

Firearm manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co. up 11% after authorizing $5 million buyback. See (RGR). Nov 28, 2008 11:23am

Deutsche Bank upgrades Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes to "buy," shares climb 11%. See (GOL). Nov 28, 2008 11:22am

China Mass Media up 12% after reporting Q3 results late last week.

See (CMM).

Nov 28, 2008 11:19am

ProLogis CFO says S&P credit rating downgrade has "a limited impact" on the company; shares are up over 2%. See (PLD). Nov 28, 2008 11:05am

American Axle & Manufact. Holdings up another 8% today, continuing its ascent that began on Nov. 20. See (AXL). Nov 28, 2008 11:03am

Sonic Automotive up 31% on lower-than-average volume. See (SAH). Nov 28, 2008 10:59am

Harry Winston Diamond Corp. rallied 21% in the glow of earnings news. See (HWD). Nov 28, 2008 10:25am

Thoratec Corp. will replace Dun & Bradstreet in the S&P MidCap 400; shares of Thoratec up 8.36%. See (THOR). Nov 28, 2008 9:47am

Private equity firm KKR Plans Telvent Bid; shares of TLVT are up 6%. See (TLVT). Nov 28, 2008 9:46am

Canadian Solar up 3.45% despite the CEO stating that the small cap would continue to record losses from currency exchange, especially in the euro, in Q4 of this year. See (CSIQ). Nov 28, 2008 9:42am

AgFeed Industries is up 7.6% on no fresh news. The stock is currently trading near a 52-week low of $1.10, down from a 52-week high of $21.31. See (FEED). Nov 28, 2008 9:39am

Acergy sees 2008 core margin above guidance; shares climb 15% in pre-market. See (ACGY). Nov 28, 2008 9:16am

SolarFun Power Holdings up 7.65% in pre-market to $5.49, off from a 52-week high of $40.19. See (SOLF). Nov 28, 2008 8:55am

JA Solar up 3.2% in pre-market on very light volume. See (JASO). Nov 28, 2008 8:53am

Monotype Imaging up 5% in pre-market despite being cut to "strong sell" on Tuesday by S&P Equity Research. See (TYPE). Nov 28, 2008 8:50am

Good morning! Nov 28, 2008 8:38am