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Immucor Inc. (Nasdaq:BLUD), CPI International Inc. (Nasdaq:CPII) and Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. (Nasdaq:PHX) are among the biggest percentage losers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Old Second Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:OSBC), Digimarc Corp. (Nasdaq:DMRC), Union Drilling Inc. (Nasdaq:UDRL), Penford Corp. (Nasdaq:PENX), Bridgford Foods Corp. (Nasdaq:BRID) and Care Investment Trust Inc. (Nasdaq:CRE).

Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:SVNT), Beverly National Corp. (Nasdaq:BNV) and United America Indemnity Ltd. (Nasdaq:INDM) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Digimarc Corp. (Nasdaq:DMRC), Matrixx Initiatives (Nasdaq:MTXX), Ames National Corp. (Nasdaq:ATLO), Ambassadors Group Inc. (Nasdaq:EPAX), RadiSys Corp. (Nasdaq:RSYS) and Badger Meter Inc. (Nasdaq:BMI).

Acme Packet Inc. (Nasdaq:APKT), Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ) and ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CKSW) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Trailer Bridge Inc. (Nasdaq:TRBR), Digimarc Corp. (Nasdaq:DMRC), Mexco Energy Corp. (Nasdaq:MXC), Diedrich Coffee Inc. (Nasdaq:DDRX), Savannah Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:SAVB) and Force Protection Inc. (Nasdaq:FRPT).

Transact Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:TACT), Trans India Acquisition (Nasdaq:TIL) and K-Tron International Inc. (Nasdaq:KTII) are among the new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.           

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Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC) announced at mid-session today its second-quarter earnings will beat Wall Street expectations. Digimarc, a Beaverton, Ore.-based supplier of secure identity solutions, expects revenues for the quarter ended June 30 to be more than $30 million, up from $26.8 million in the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share will be between break even and a loss of $0.03 per share. Analysts were expecting a loss of $0.05 per share on revenues of $29.9 million. Digimarc will report its second-quarter earnings ahead of the opening on Aug. 1.

AZZ inc (Nasdaq:AZZ), T-3 Energy Services Inc (Nasdaq:TTES) and Finish Line Inc (Nasdaq:FINL) are among the new 52-week highs in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

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Digimarc Corp (Nasdaq:DMRC), T 3 Energy Services Inc (Nasdaq:TTES) and America's Car-Mart Inc (Nasdaq:CRMT) are among the new 52-week highs in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Stepan Co (Nasdaq:SCL), Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc (Nasdaq:HGR), Approach Resources Inc (Nasdaq:AREX), Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc (Nasdaq:DR), Diamond Foods Inc (Nasdaq:DMND) and KBL Healthcare Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq:KHA).

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Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC) on Monday announced its board had unanimously approved the $310 million offer for its ID systems business from L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ID). The offer should close in the third quarter of this year, and Digimarc said it recommends its stockholders tender into the offer. Digimarc also said it had ended talks with Paris-based Safran SA about the purchase of the ID systems business. Shares of the Beaverton, Ore.-based Digimarc rose 5% to $14.06 on Monday while shares of Stamford, Conn.-based L-1 edged up 2.4% to $13.64. Both companies provide security-enhancing identity solutions.

Chemgenex Pharma Ltd (Nasdaq:CXSP), Digimarc Corp (Nasdaq:DMRC) and Pyramid Oil Co (Nasdaq:PDO) are among the new 52-week highs in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Westside Energy Corp (Nasdaq:WHT), Houston American Energy Corp (Nasdaq:HUSA), United States Lime & Minerals Inc (Nasdaq:USLM), Almost Family Inc (Nasdaq:AFAM), Stoneleigh Partners Acquisition Co (Nasdaq:SOC) and National Presto Industries Inc (Nasdaq:NPK).

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QCR Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:QCRH), Chemgenex Pharm Ltd (Nasdaq:CXSP) and Arabian American Development Co (Nasdaq:ARSD) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Johnson Outdoors Inc (Nasdaq:JOUT), Digimarc Corp (Nasdaq:DMRC), Fisher Communications Inc (Nasdaq:FSCI), Cantel Medical Corp (Nasdaq:CMN), Bridge Bancorp Inc (Nasdaq:BDGE) and TOP Ships Inc (Nasdaq:TOPS).

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Digimarc Corp. (Nasdaq:DMRC) said late Sunday night that France’s Safran S.A. (Paris:SAF) has made a bid to acquire the secure identity and media management service supplier for $300 million in cash. Digimarc said it is currently considering the offer.

Shares popped up 8.6%, or $1.03, to $12.95 in pre-market trading. For detailed price information and recent news stories about Digimarc, click DMRC.

Sequenom Inc (Nasdaq:SQNM), Intersections Inc (Nasdaq:INTX) and Superior Well Services Inc (Nasdaq:SWSI) are among the new 52-week highs in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Houston American Energy Corp (Nasdaq:HUSA), Innophos Holdings Inc (Nasdaq:IPHS), Balchem Corp (Nasdaq:BCPC), Digimarc Corp (Nasdaq:DMRC), Tailwind Financial Inc (Nasdaq:TNF) and NCI Inc (Nasdaq:NCIT).

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The Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) posted a large increase for the second consecutive session on upbeat financial and housing news. The small-cap index advanced 19.86 points, or 2.91%, to 701.28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) rose 187.32 points, or 1.52%, to 12,548.64.

On a year-to-date basis, the Russell 2000 has declined 8.45%, while the Dow is down 5.40% and the S&P 500 has lost 8.07%.

Stocks small and large began the day in the green on news before the start of trading that investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has raised its offer for Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) to $10 a share from $2 a share. The move is in response to disgruntled employees at Bear Stearns complaining that the original bid was too low.

The bulls gained strength at 10 a.m. ET, when the National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes rose 2.9% to an annual rate of . . .

Of all the consumers of information technology services today, the federal government is America’s largest, with spending having increased every year since 1980. According to INPUT, a market research firm, federal government IT spending will grow to $80.5 billion by 2011 from $63.3 billion in 2005. The Department of Defense accounts for the majority of spending.

This rise in federal government IT spending is largely the result of expanded national defense and homeland security programs, a growing need for sophisticated intelligence gathering and increased outsourcing by government agencies due to the retirement of large numbers of  government IT specialists.

Two small caps benefiting from increased government IT spending are Digimarc Corp. (Nasdaq: DMRC), which produces digitally watermarked driver licenses and identification cards, and ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq: MANT), a provider of secure IT systems and infrastructure for national security programs.

ManTech’s customers include, among others, the U.S. intelligence community, the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice, and the NASA Space program. The company provides an array of services, ranging from systems engineering and integration, technology and software development, to enterprise security architecture, information assurance and network infrastructure protection. ManTech maintains the secure communications systems being used to fight the war in Iraq and also supports a secure database for tracking terrorists.

Atlanta-based Web.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW), a website hosting company, reported it is being acquired by Website Pros Inc. (Nasdaq: WSPI) for about $129 million in a cash and stock deal.

Spectrum Control, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPEC), a maker of electronic components for communications and aerospace equipment, said after Tuesday’s closing bell it expects third-quarter earnings per share to be up more than 57%.

Morgan Keegan upgraded home products retailer Cost Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM) to “market perform” from “underperform.”

Shares in Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA) are up after the entertainment company announced it is opening a 40,000-foot club in Macau in 2009 as part of a plan to expand into China.

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