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New PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, ISRG, DIS, LLY, and OCR

April 14 - 8:30 AM EST - Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for 
AAPL, ISRG, DIS, LLY, and OCR, Market Overview, News Leaders and 
Laggards, and Today's Economic Calendar.
 
New PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, ISRG, DIS, LLY, and OCR
 
PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS-------------- 
-- Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) 
Last Price 147.14 - MAY 145.00 CALL OPTION@ $11.25 -> 6.7% Return 
(68.0% Annualized) assigned*
-- Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISRG)
Last Price 333.58 - APR 330.00 CALL OPTION@ $23.00 -> 6.3% Return 
(285.3% Annualized) assigned*
-- Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) 
Last Price 30.18 - JUL 30.00 CALL OPTION@ $2.00 -> 6.5% Return 
(23.8% Annualized) assigned*
-- Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY)
Last Price 51.93 - OCT 50.00 CALL OPTION@ $4.70 -> 5.9% Return 
(11.3% Annualized) assigned*
-- Omnicare Inc. (NYSE: OCR) 
Last Price 18.18 - MAY 17.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.70 -> 6.2% Return 
(62.8% Annualized) assigned*
 
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NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS-----------------------------------------
So far today, Circuit City Stores, Schering-Plough Corporation, and 
Target lead the list of companies with the most news stories while 
Lazard Ltd. and General Electric are showing a spike in news. 
Wachovia, Bank of America, and Citigroup have the highest srtIndex 
scores to top the list of companies with positive news while 
Blockbuster Inc. and Best Buy lead the list of companies with 
negative news reports. Manitowoc Company has popped up with a high 
positive news sraIndex score.

MARKET OVERVIEW---------------------------------------------------
Overseas trading is looking glum, with eight of nine reporting 
Asian/Pacific markets down and all nine reporting European markets 
are down. The China Shanghai Composite is down 5.62% the German DAX 
is down 1.10%, and the Austria ATX is down 0.84%, while the India 
BSE 30 is up 0.72%.

Energy futures are higher this morning as front month crude has 
bubbled up past $111. Heating oil and natural gas are also higher, 
with natural gas breaking the $10 mark. Metals are less exciting, 
as copper is the only major mover so far, down 5.45 to 394.55 or 
1.4%.

TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR ----------------------------------------
8:30 a.m.     Mar    Retail Sales 
10:00 a.m.    Feb    Business Inventories

EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY (w/current estimates) --------------------
ETN   1.66
FII   N/A
NG    N/A
GWW   1.36
WB    0.40