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Littelfuse Inc (Nasdaq:LFUS), Par Technology Corp (Nasdaq:PTC) and MedQuist Inc (Nasdaq:MEDQ) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Cadiz Inc (Nasdaq:CDZI), John Bean Technologies Corp (Nasdaq:JBT), CAI International Inc (Nasdaq:CAP), Methode Electronics Inc (Nasdaq:MEI), Female Health Co (Nasdaq:FHCO) and Lannett Co Inc (Nasdaq:LCI).

Syms Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMS), MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:MAPP) and Rome Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:ROME) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: CAI International Inc. (Nasdaq:CAP), Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:ARNA), Vitran Corp Inc. (Nasdaq:VTNC), Yadkin Valley Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:YAVY), Northern Technologies International Corp. (Nasdaq:NTIC) and Kohlberg Capital Corp. (Nasdaq:KCAP).

Conceptus Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), OfficeMax Inc. (Nasdaq:OMX) and Federal Mogul Corp. (Nasdaq:FDML) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: DSP Group Inc. (Nasdaq:DSPG), Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (Nasdaq:GNK), CAI International Inc. (Nasdaq:CAP), LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq:LHCG), TierOne Corp. (Nasdaq:TONE) and RehabCare Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHB).

Here are the biggest percentage gainers among small caps:

ArcSight Inc (Nasdaq:ARST), Westwood Holdings Group Inc (Nasdaq:WHG) and PC-Tel Inc (Nasdaq:PCTI) are among the new 52-week highs in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Here are the new 52-week highs among small caps:

Excel Technology Inc (Nasdaq:XLTC), CAI International Inc (Nasdaq:CAP) and PC-Tel Inc (Nasdaq:PCTI) are among the new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Here are the new 52-week highs among small caps:

While a weak dollar is bad news to some, it creates profitable possibilities for others. Case in point: shipping container fleet owners CAI International (NYSE:CAP) and Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE:TGH) are both benefiting from greatly improved container leasing rates and rising fleet utilization.

The weak dollar has led to a surge in U.S. exports, and as a result, U.S. exporters are facing a shortage of shipping containers, which are the freight-car-sized boxes used to transport goods abroad. On April 10, 2008, a Wall Street Journal story noted that much of the United States (particularly the Midwest) lacks a sufficient supply of shipping containers because ones shipped overseas are not returned due to rising fuel costs.

The cost of sending a 40-foot container from California to China is already up 20% this year to around $1,500. In most cases, boxes that do come back and would have previously moved inland now never leave the coast. The container shortage is not likely to improve anytime soon since containerized trade is forecasted to rise 9% to 10% in 2008 and 2009. It is not only containers that are in short supply; there is also a shortage of chassis, which are sets of wheels and frames on container-carrying trucks. Without chassis, containers can’t be moved by truck.

CAI International is among the world’s leading managers and lessors of intermodal freight containers. At year-end 2007, the company operated a worldwide fleet consisting of 754,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers. CAI International offers its customers long-term, short-term and finance . . .

The Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM) and the Dow are higher following news of generally bullish economic reports.

At 11:56 a.m. ET, the small-cap index had added 4.07 points, or 0.60%, to 685.05. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) was up 82.96 points, or 0.68%, to 12,296.76.

Small-cap stocks are in the green following news that fourth-quarter productivity was revised up while the U.S. services sector contracted less than expected in February.

The U.S. Commerce Department reported before the start of trading that business productivity grew at an annualized rate of 1.9% in the fourth-quarter of 2007, above the initial estimate of 1.8%. Economists were not expecting an upward revision.

Futures were pointing higher and stocks opened in the green. At 10 a.m. ET, the Institute of Supply Management gave stocks a boost when it reported that its index of non-manufacturing activity increased to a reading of 49.3% in February from 44.6% in January.

That’s the second consecutive monthly decline but a better reading than the one projected by economists. The services sector comprises about 80% of U.S. gross domestic product.