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BNN – TV

‘Trading Day’ Martin Cej

“…something fishy in trading in takeout target Aspreva Pharma.”

Also reference to recent PRIME WEST deal.

Financial Times DEUTSCHLAND

“Business Scene”

Xiaobei Zhang

Rendez compte du commerce d'initié - global - et du rôle de la technologie, concernant Measuredmarkets Inc. Service.

Note :  L'émission et le texte sont en mandarine.

http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-08-06-voa58.cfm

Financial Times 

Brooke Masters & Victoria Kim

“Sometimes the Measuredmarkets data appears spot on.”

Note:  the article was focused on data supplied by the company to the FT.

Financial Times

Victoria Kim & Brooke Masters

“Almost 60 per cent of the 27 big deals announced in North America so far this year were preceded by unexplained spikes in trading in the stock of the target company, according to a review of data by Measuredmarkets, a Toronto research firm.”

Mouvements étonnants de l'action de Nurun

Richard Dufour

«Il faut noter le volume extrêmement anormal le 22 mai, avec un volume fortement déviant le 30 mai et des transactions extrêmement déviantes le 30 mai. Tout cela, en l'absence de nouvelles publiques»

Note the unusually high number of TRADES on 10, 15, 22 & 24 May.  "Robert F.X. Sillerman, the Chairman and C.E.O. of CKX, Inc. announced, in response to articles and speculation appearing on the internet, that he and Simon Fuller, the C.E.O. of 19 Entertainment Limited, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CKX, with support from certain other members of management, have made a proposal to the Company's Board of Directors to enter into a complex series of transactions which would include a cash purchase of the Company's outstanding common stock at a price of $13.75 per share." PRNewswire/FirstCall 6:09 pm ET 31 May 2007

Date	Price [close]	Volume	Trades	Total Deviation	Price Flags	Volume Flags	Trades Flags	TOTAL Flags
31/05/2007	10.63	318,168	1,000	0.00	0	0	0	0
30/05/2007	10.59	139,375	531	0	0	0	2	2
29/05/2007	10.54	189,757	801	0	0	0	0	0
25/05/2007	10.43	305,168	920	0	0	0	2	2
24/05/2007	10.39	502,978	2,531	0.456954	0	0	6	6
23/05/2007	10.81	323,865	1,567	0	0	0	0	0
22/05/2007	10.85	535,797	2,483	0.720189	1	0	7	8
21/05/2007	10.68	275,403	1,605	0.000007	1	0	0	1
18/05/2007	10.35	279,382	1,501	0.011311	1	0	0	1
17/05/2007	10.31	411,011	1,743	0.036735	2	0	0	2
16/05/2007	10.45	575,124	1,438	0.032283	1	1	0	2
15/05/2007	10.2	376,559	2,053	0.386337	5	0	3	8
14/05/2007	10.63	335,938	1,253	0.004293	1	0	0	1
11/05/2007	10.89	437,429	1,886	0.004595	0	0	1	1
10/05/2007	10.86	725,301	2,697	6.457807	1	6	8	15
09/05/2007	11.29	205,556	1,062	0	0	1	0	1
08/05/2007	11.41	383,051	1,874	0.07799	0	0	5	5
07/05/2007	11.59	429,871	1,677	0.000083	2	0	0	2
04/05/2007	11.17	314,158	1,372	0	0	0	0	0
03/05/2007	11.17	270,041	1,128	0	0	0	0	0

A long courtship, but no kiss-and-tell

Janet McFarland

"There isn't always misbehaviour in these things."

Les initiés profitent largement des fusions

LaPresseAffaires.com

Getting in on the insiders’ track

David Berman

"Very often, the aberrant trading patterns lead to other things than just mergers and acquisitions.It could be surprise earnings reports, surprise contracts, bad test results or things like that."

Insider Trading Run Amok

‘Trading Day’ with Pat Bolland

Insider Trading

Monica Bertran

Reference to Measuredmarkets Inc.’s studies done for Bloomberg and the New York Times

Moving Markets

Fred Langan

Market manipulation.

Schlürfen und schürfen

Henke Buchter

"Manche Leute wissen mehr als andere und nutzen das", warnt Christopher Thomas von Measuredmarkets, einer  finanzanalysefirma, die auffällige Handelsmuster verfolgt.”

80’s Redux: Insider Trading on the Rise

Marcus Baram

"And a study last August by Measuredmarkets, Inc. demonstrated that insiders may have traded illegally just days before 41 percent of the previous years' largest acquisitions."

Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US May Fuel Hedge Fund Concerns

David Scheer

"A study by Measuredmarkets Inc. in August showed that insiders may have traded illegally in advance of 41 percent of the largest US acquisitions ...."

TXU trades ahead of deal

Melissa Lee

"Activity in TXU stock was also 'highly deviant', those are the words of Measuredmarkets which tracks these sorts of patterns, even on February 22nd which was two full trading sessions prior to the news of the deal."

Profiteer mee van insider trading

Kris Van Hamme

“De theorie dat markten efficiënt zijn, is complete nonsens.”

'Veel verdachte transacties rond fusies'

Kris Van Hamme

“De theorie dat markten efficiënt zijn, is complete nonsens.”

Algoma & Novelis

After the Close

“Something fishy….”

Algoma & Novelis

‘After the Close’

”Something fishy….”

Regulator calls for Algoma probe

Janet McFarland, Paul Waldie, Greg Keenan & Sinclair Stewart

“Measuredmarkets Inc., a Toronto-based research firm that specializes in market trading analysis, said the trading was clearly out of the ordinary.”

YM BioSciences trading activity

Jonathan Ratner

“Measuredmarkets' analysis demonstrates the deviant trading behaviour leading up to this ['plunged more than 56%'] in the trading activity…."

Where There’s Smoke..

ELECTRONIC INVESTOR - Kathy Yakal

"We thought then * -- and still think -- that Measuredmarkets has an intriguing and potentially lucrative idea, particularly in light of the recent merger boom."

* Reference December 1, 2003, comments in Barron’s Electronic Investor.

"Market researcher flags pre-deal JLG trading spike"

Kevin Drawbaugh, Washington

"Measuredmarkets Inc. research showed spikes last Wednesday in both volume of JLG shares traded, and in the number of trades. The activity did not appear to be explained by a specific news event..