HomeBanc Corp. (NYSE HMB)

Last Trade:	2.70
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	1.23 (83.67%

Shares of HomeBanc Corp., parent of mortgage banking company HomeBanc Mortgage Corp., jumped Wednesday when an analyst upgraded the stock on a pullback in the share price.

Since hitting a 52-week high of $8.96 on March 17, the shares have lost nearly 84 percent and have declined 65 percent year to date, prompting JPMorgan's Andrew Wessel to upgrade the stock to "Overweight" from "Neutral."

"Regardless of metric, HomeBanc appears cheap," Wessel wrote in a client note. "We believe shares present substantial value to investors willing to weather the current storm."

Critical Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ CRTX)

Last Trade:	2.1906
Trade Time:	3:59PM ET
Change:	0.3906 (21.70%

CRTX shares shot up 23% to $2.22. The drug developer said that it will co-promote Zyflo in the U.S. market with DEY L.P., an affiliate of Merck KGaA.

Thermogenesis Corp. (NASDAQ KOOL)

Last Trade:	3.13
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	0.44 (16.36%)

hermoGenesis Corp. has received three U.S. patents for its AutoXpress stem cell processing system and its CryoSeal surgical glue devices.

AutoXpress, marketed by GE Healthcare, separates stem cells from umbilical cord blood and bone marrow. Doctors use blood and bone marrow stem cells to treat leukemia, lymphoma and blood diseases like sickle cell anemia. The company has other patents pending for AutoXpress.

The New York Blood Center, which is compiling a national umbilical cord blood stem cell bank, uses the AutoXpress device. It is also used by private blood banks contracted by parents to store newborns' cord blood in case the children develop blood diseases in the future.

DayStar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ DSTI)

Last Trade:	5.31
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	1.02 (23.78%)

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (NASDAQ LJPC)

Last Trade:	5.9100
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	1.7800 (43.10%

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. stock continued to climb on Friday after the company reported positive results from a late stage study of Riquent, a treatment for the autoimmune disorder lupus.

Jones Soda Co. (NASDAQ JSDA)

ast Trade:	17.13
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	3.18 (22.80%)

Natural soda company Jones Soda Co. on Thursday ended investor speculation about who will sell its premium sodas by unveiling a list of new retailers that includes discount giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

The company reported fourth-quarter profit that more than tripled, and said it would expand sales of its pure cane sugar soda to several major retailers; including Wal-Mart, Safeway and Kroger.

Vion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ VION)

Last Trade:	1.79
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	0.20 (12.58%)

Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ BCSI)

Last Trade:	35.95
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	3.78 (11.75%)

Shares of network security company Blue Coat Systems Inc. jumped to a new 52-week high on Friday after the network security company reported fiscal third-quarter sales and a fourth-quarter sales forecast above Wall Street's expectations.

Blue Coat -- which did not report full results because it is restating finances due to a stock options review -- said Thursday its sales for the quarter ended Jan. 31. grew 33 percent to $47.1 million, compared with the $44.8 million analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected.