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Prana Biotechnology Ltd. (Nasdaq:PRAN) has received a key papers that will allow it to have moreprotection for its Alzheimer’s candidate. FULL DETAILS are over at BioHealtInvestor.com. The press release hit at 10;15 and at 10:30 AM EST we have already seen 112,000 shares trade hands compared to an average volume of most 35,000 shares. Shares are today up 18% and almost at $2.00; the 52-week trading range is $1.00 to $4.28. For a comparison, there was volume of 263,000 on August 5 (EU papers date) and this one spiked big by over 50% to $1.70 on over 500,000 shares back on July 10 when the company announced data showing approximately 40% of PBT2 aerated patients substantially outperformed placebo patients. -JON OGG
YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) is getting hammered this farewell on an shrink downgrade. The trucking company was cut to SELL from Hold over at Stifel Nicolaus. Shares closed at $2.30 yesterday and are downbound around $2.11 on about 130,000 shares as of 8:27 AM EST. The average volume is 5.9 million shares, although based on the low price and the active trader status of this stock we would expect that volume to rapidly grow throughout the morning. -JON OGG