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Health Fitness Corp. (Nasdaq:FIT), O'Charley's Inc. (Nasdaq:CHUX) and United Online Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD) are among the biggest percentage losers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Medifast Inc. (Nasdaq:MED), TBS International Ltd. (Nasdaq:TBSI), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), OM Group Inc. (Nasdaq:OMG), RehabCare Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHB) and Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (Nasdaq:EXM).

SunPower (Nasdaq:SPWRA), DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS) and UAL Corp. (Nasdaq:UAUA) are among the most actively traded companies in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (Nasdaq:BWLD), Geron Corp. (Nasdaq:GERN), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE), True Religion Apparel Inc. (Nasdaq:TRLG) and Zoran Corp. (Nasdaq:ZRAN).

DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS), Geron Corp. (Nasdaq:GERN) and P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. (Nasdaq:PFCB) are among the most actively traded companies in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Medarex Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDX), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ), UAL Corp. (Nasdaq:UAUA), A Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq:APWR) and Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE).

Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), Parexel International Corporation (Nasdaq:PRXL) and Lincoln Educational Services Corp. (Nasdaq:LINC) are among the biggest percentage losers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: New York Times Co. (Nasdaq:NYT), Forward Air Corp. (Nasdaq:FWRD), Phase Forward Inc. (Nasdaq:PFWD), ICON Plc Depository Receipt (Nasdaq:ICLR), Sierra Bancorp (Nasdaq:BSRR) and TradeStation Group Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD).

Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), Blount International Inc. (Nasdaq:BLT) and Eagle Bancorp Inc.  (Nasdaq:EGBN) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (Nasdaq:OVBC), Greatbatch Inc. (Nasdaq:GB), 012 Smile Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq:SMLC), Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:CHSI), Mesa Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:MLAB) and Natural Gas Services Group Inc. (Nasdaq:NGS).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

Small-cap stocks pushed lower on the open as sloppy profit numbers and weak economic data returned to center stage now that the U.S. presidential election has been decided following last night’s historic runaway victory by Barack Obama. Today's small-cap gainers were EnerNOC Inc. (Nasdaq:ENOC), Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) and Dollar Thrifty Auto (NYSE:DTG).

Other Market Watch highlights included:

• Crude oil prices pushed lower into the stock market open, staging a moderate pullback after Tuesday’s big rally and before inventory data comes out later this morning.  
• BMO's Andrew Busch: A stimulus package of $150B will likely be enacted, with checks mailed out by March.  
• From a strict company perspective, there is a broad sense that an Obama presidency would be positive for solar and wind companies.  
• Today Treasury said it will resurrect 3-year note, do more auctions of 10-year notes & 30-year bonds to fund the gvnt.’s borrowing needs.  
• There was another big pullback in Libor rates overnight, which should help encourage inter-bank lending and help thaw out the credit market freeze. 

Small Cap Gainers:

• EnerNOC Inc. rallied 25% today, riding a boost in the energy sector. See (Nasdaq:ENOC).  
• Silver Wheaton up 18% after it prioritizes debt reduction, remains bullish on silver. See (NYSE:SLW).
• Dollar Thrifty Auto jumping 18% in pre-market on better-than-expected earnings. See (NYSE:DTG).  
• Clinical research organization Kendle International reports record Q3 08 net income; shares up 12.46% in pre-market. See (Nasdaq:KNDL).  

Small Cap Losers:

• Clean Energy Fuels Corp. gapped lower and was down 17%, giving back most of the sizable previous three-day rally. See (Nasdaq:CLNE).  
• Stone Energy Corp. tumbled 20% tied to earnings news. See (NYSE:SGY).  
• i2 Technologies down 27% after JDA Software Group requested an adjournment of ITWO’s shareholder meeting to negotiate a reduced purchase price for the firm. See (Nasdaq:ITWO).  
• Ambac Financial Group Inc. is tumbling 26% as quarterly losses were much bigger than expected. See (NYSE:ABK).  

Parexel International Corporation (Nasdaq:PRXL), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL) and Convergys Corp. (Nasdaq:CVG) are among the new 52-week lows in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Ceradyne Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDN), American Ecology Corp. (Nasdaq:ECOL), Cynosure Inc. (Nasdaq:CYNO), Crane Co. (Nasdaq:CR), Hill International Inc. (Nasdaq:HIL) and Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. (Nasdaq:GLRE).

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Parexel International Corporation (Nasdaq:PRXL), Meritage Homes Corp. (Nasdaq:MTH) and Rent-A-Center Inc. (Nasdaq:RCII) are among the biggest percentage losers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Cynosure Inc. (Nasdaq:CYNO), Ceradyne Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDN), LSB Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LXU), Convergys Corp. (Nasdaq:CVG), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL) and American Ecology Corp. (Nasdaq:ECOL).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:

Amer Land Lease REIT (Nasdaq:ANL), Belden Inc. (Nasdaq:BDC) and Air Methods Corp. (Nasdaq:AIRM) are among the new 52-week lows in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Parexel International Corporation (Nasdaq:PRXL), AtriCure Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRC), Kendle International Inc. (Nasdaq:KNDL), Hiveld Steel Depository Receipt (Nasdaq:HSVLY), Mercadolibre Inc. (Nasdaq:MELI) and Forest City Enterprises (Nasdaq:FCE.A).

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It’s hard to believe, but the average drug sitting on the shelf in your medicine cabinet costs $800 million and 10 years to develop.

Any astute investor might wonder where that $800 million goes and whether he can profit from it. A good chunk of the investment is earmarked for early pre-clinical trials and the three phases of FDA approvals, more and more of which are being outsourced by both Big Pharma and Biopharma to companies such as Kendle International (Nasdaq:KNDL), one of the leading clinical research organizations (CRO) in the world.

Founded in 1981 by Dr. Candace Kendle, PharmD, the Cincinnati, Ohio firm has a market cap of $724.7 million and has consistently demonstrated an eye for the strategic opportunity. It is one of the smaller CROs, but has positioned itself to play on a global scale. It employs nearly 4,000 people in 48 office locations in 28 countries on six continents. Scale is important for a vendor supporting the increasingly global pharmaceutical industry, as both development spending and revenue shifts out of North America and into Asia/Pacific, Latin America, and the rest of the world. With offices in Australia, China, India, Singapore, and throughout Latin America, Kendle is well positioned to benefit from this significant shift.

Size and reach are also important in the “megatrial” market, the fastest growing segment of the CRO industry. Just as the name implies, megatrials are large-scale, long-term controlled research studies that require thousands of patient participants (usually 10,000 or more), strong project leadership, and a high level of technology to collect and analyze the resulting data. Kendle’s organic growth and crafty acquisitions have built a company that is fully capable of competing for these mega projects.

In 2006, Kendle acquired Charles River Laboratories, a provider of Phase II-IV Clinical Services. The acquisition boosted the company’s size by 50% and . . .