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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Stock Market Champs..........9-20-06

Star Scientific Inc. (STSI)

Last Trade:3.17
Trade Time:1:16PM ET
Change:Up 0.71 (28.86%)

STSI received letter correspondence from The Honorable Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland regarding the Company’s ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The letter said, "I have Mr. McMillan’s letter of September 5, 2006 and understand all parties' interest in moving the case to final resolution. I shall try to issue decisions on the pending matters within a month."

CytRx Corp. (CYTR)
Last Trade:1.58
Trade Time:1:18PM ET
Change:Up 0.22 (16.18%)
-CytRx Corporation today announced that initial findings from data analysis of the Company's Phase IIa clinical trial with arimoclomol for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) will be presented by President and CEO Steven A. Kriegsman and Senior Vice President of Drug Development, Jack Barber, Ph.D., at the UBS Global Life Sciences Conference. The Company's presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time (6:30 a.m. Pacific time) at the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel in New York City.
Applied Digital Solutions Inc. (ADSX)
Last Trade:1.60
Trade Time:1:19PM ET
Change:Up 0.19 (13.48%)
VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, announced today that it has deployed its VeriMed System in 18 emergency departments in New Jersey and New York, staffed by Emergency Medical Associates (EMA), a nationally-recognized, state-of-the-art emergency physician group.

The VeriMed System, which consists of a hand-held radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner, an implantable RFID microchip, and a secure patient database, is being used to help rapidly identify and provide access to important health information on participating patients who arrive at the emergency department unconscious, delirious, or unable to communicate. Although over 150 hospitals have registered to use the VeriMed System, EMA is the first emergency physician group in the United States to have the VeriMed System available in all 18 of its contract hospitals.
Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP)

Last Trade:37.83
Trade Time:1:10PM ET
Change:Up 3.67 (10.74%)
Laurence Hirsch, EXP's chairman, purchased 400,000 shares of Eagle for a total $14.1 million over the past few days, according to a filing with the SEC.
AAR Corp. (AIR)
Last Trade:25.25
Trade Time:1:10PM ET
Change:Up 2.03 (8.74%)
AAR Corp., an aerospace supplier, said Wednesday fiscal first-quarter earnings more than doubled as global demand from the commercial aviation sector spurred a 21 percent sales gain.

Net income in the quarter ended Aug. 31 increased to $11.8 million, or 29 cents per share, from $5.3 million, or 15 cents per share, in the year-ago period. Wall Street was looking for profit of 28 cents per share, according to a Thomson Financial poll of four analysts.

AAR, which operates parts supply and maintenance units, said net sales added 21 percent to $242.2 million from $199.6 million last year. The aviation supply chain unit saw a 19 percent increase in sales as demand from the global aerospace sector remained strong.

The company finished August with $119 million cash on hand.

AAR shares closed Tuesday at $23.22 on the New York Stock Exchange

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