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Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq:IDEV), Macquarie Infrastructure Co LLC (Nasdaq:MIC) and Crosstex Energy Inc (Nasdaq:XTXI) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Hiland Partners LP (Nasdaq:HLND), Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd (Nasdaq:ALDN), Crosstex Energy LP (Nasdaq:XTEX), Aercap Holdings NV (Nasdaq:AER), Taylor Capital Group Inc (Nasdaq:TAYC) and Double Eagle Petroleum Co (Nasdaq:DBLE).

Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:TKTM), Mentor Graphics Corp. (Nasdaq:MENT) and DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS) are among the new 52-week lows in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE), Crosstex Energy LP (Nasdaq:XTEX), Crosstex Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:XTXI), Graham Corp. (Nasdaq:GHM), Epicor Software Corp. (Nasdaq:EPIC) and Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq:PKOH).

Crosstex Energy LP (Nasdaq:XTEX), Ness Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:NSTC) and Lydall Inc. (Nasdaq:LDL) are among the biggest percentage losers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: CNB Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:CCNE), Crosstex Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:XTXI), OfficeMax Inc. (Nasdaq:OMX), SuccessFactors Inc. (Nasdaq:SFSF), Oneida Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:ONFC) and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. (Nasdaq:BAGL).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:

Penson Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:PNSN), Buckle Inc. (Nasdaq:BKE) and Protective Life Corp. (Nasdaq:PL) are among the biggest percentage losers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Crosstex Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:XTXI), VisionChina Media Inc. (Nasdaq:VISN), Crosstex Energy L.P (Nasdaq:XTEX), Chart Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:GTLS), AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (Nasdaq:AHS) and Oplink Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:OPLK).

Here are the biggest percentage losers among small caps:

Solarfun Power Holdings Co Ltd. (Nasdaq:SOLF), Bare Escentuals Inc. (Nasdaq:BARE) and DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS) are among the most actively traded companies in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:CSIQ), InterDigital Inc. (Nasdaq:IDCC), VisionChina Media Inc. (Nasdaq:VISN), Pan American Silver Corp. (Nasdaq:PAAS), Crosstex Energy L.P (Nasdaq:XTEX) and thinkorswim Group Inc. (Nasdaq:SWIM).

Here are the most actively traded companies among small caps:

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (Nasdaq:AEL), Crosstex Energy LP (Nasdaq:XTEX) and Crosstex Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:XTXI) are among the new 52-week lows in Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. (Nasdaq:CVGI), MI Developments Inc. (Nasdaq:MIM), Culp Inc. (Nasdaq:CFI), PHH Corp. (Nasdaq:PHH), Secure America Acquisition Units (Nasdaq:HLD.U) and Macatawa Bank Corp. (Nasdaq:MCBC).

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

These days, if you’re buying a house in or around Forth Worth, Texas, negotiations with your realtor probably won’t just revolve around marble tiling, slate roofs and granite countertops — you might also have a conversation about shale.

That’s because the region surrounding Fort Worth overlays a massive shale formation (known as Barnett Shale) that holds an enormous amount of high-BTU natural gas that mining companies are eager to get a hold of and new gas service entrant Quicksilver Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) is eager to process.

To mine Barnett Shale, mining companies have been paying huge premiums to landowners to lease mineral rights (as high as $23,000 per acre). Expensive, but worth it — as long as gas prices remain near their present all-time highs, that is. 

Mining activity in the Barnett play has grown exponentially to over 8,000 producing wells today from just one in 1981. That explosion has been primarily driven by the gargantuan amounts of gas waiting to be withdrawn. Current estimates indicate upwards of 30 trillion cubic feet of gas in the ground, making it perhaps the second-largest onshore gas field in the United States. But no one knows for sure; it seems the more they drill, the more they find.

However, what’s really turned up the competitive heat for producers was . . .