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Market Maker Surveillance Report. WU, ORCL, KSU, SDS, VRX, CNQ, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, January 12th 20

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January 12, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 2508 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3279 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2028 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bearish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices dropped. WESTERN UNION CO (NYSE:WU), ORACLE CORP (NASDAQ:ORCL), KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN (NYSE:KSU), PROSHARES ULTRASHORT S&P500 (NYSE:SDS), VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTE (NYSE:VRX), CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES (NYSE:CNQ). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .

Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:

     Symbol     Change       Percent      Buy Volume      Buy %%       Sell Volume     Sell %%      Net Volume      Friction
     WU         $-0.100      -0.51%       2,669,667       53.92%       1,851,818       37.40%       817,849         Abnormal
     ORCL       $-0.020      -0.08%       17,218,430      54.91%       14,132,473      45.07%       3,085,957       Abnormal
     KSU        $-0.140      -0.27%       1,054,585       70.89%       366,455         24.63%       688,130         Abnormal
     SDS        $-0.370      -1.60%       12,119,720      52.16%       11,116,176      47.84%       1,003,544       Abnormal
     VRX        $-0.060      -0.17%       2,147,205       58.39%       1,275,062       34.67%       872,143         Abnormal
     CNQ        $-0.410      -0.96%       3,210,675       60.29%       1,620,640       30.43%       1,590,035       Abnormal

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above had more buying than selling on Wednesday and their stock prices dropped. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.

For example, the chart above shows CNQ with 1,590,035 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.41000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more buying than selling should cause prices to rise.

WESTERN UNION CO (NYSE:WU) - The Western Union Company provides money transfer and payment services worldwide. The companys Consumer-to-Consumer segment offers various consumer-to-consumer money transfer services, primarily through a network of third-party agents using multi-currency and real-time money transfer processing systems. Its consumer-to-consumer money transfer services principally include walk-in money transfer service, online money transfer service, telephone money transfer service, account to cash, and mobile money transfer service. The companys Global Business Payments segment provides business payments services, which allow consumers to make payments to various organizations, including utilities, auto finance companies, mortgage servicers, financial service providers, governmental agencies, and other businesses, as well as offers international business-to-business cross-border, cross-currency payment services. Its global business payment services include Custom House that conducts payment transactions through various channels comprising the telephone and Internet; services that allow consumers to send funds using cash and debit cards under Western Union Quick Collect and Quick Pay names; Quick Cash, a cash disbursement service for businesses and government agencies to send money to employees or individuals; Western Union Convenience Pay, a service to send payments by cash or check; walk-in and cash bill payment services under the Pago Fcil and Western Union brand names; Speedpay electronic payments service that enables consumers to make payments to various billers using credit cards, debit cards, automated clearing house (ACH), and checks; and Equity Accelerator service, which enables consumers to make mortgage payments by ACH. Additionally, the company offers money orders. As of December 31, 2009, it offered its services through a network of approximately 410,000 agent locations. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

ORACLE CORP (NASDAQ:ORCL) - Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and services database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems worldwide. It engages in licensing database and middleware software, including database, application server and application grid, SOA suite and business process management, data migration and integration, business intelligence, identity and access management, content management, portal and user interaction, developer tools, Oracle enterprise manager, and Java platform. The company also offers application software, including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, enterprise performance management, supply chain management, business intelligence applications, enterprise project portfolio management, and industry-specific applications; and software license updates and product support services. In addition, it provides hardware systems products, such as servers, storage products, Solaris operating system and other hardware-related software, and networking components and products; and hardware systems support services. Further, the company offers consulting services, which include enterprise architecture design and implementation, business/IT strategy alignment, business process simplification, solution integration, and product implementation, enhancements, and upgrades; on demand and advanced customer services; and training services, as well as certification programs. It markets and sells its products directly, as well as through resellers, system integrators/implementers, consultants, education providers, Internet service providers, network integrators, and independent software vendors to various industries, government agencies, and educational institutions. The company has a strategic alliance with Cap Gemini S.A. to market and implement Oracle Revenue Management for public. Oracle was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN (NYSE:KSU) - Kansas City Southern, through its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the freight rail transportation business. It operates north/south rail between Kansas City, Missouri, and various ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in the midwest and southeast regions of the United States. The company also operates direct rail passageway between Mexico City and Laredo in Texas, serving various Mexicos industrial cities and 3 of its shipping ports; and a 157-mile rail line extending from Laredo, Texas to the port city of Corpus Christi, Texas, as well as owns the northern half of the rail bridge at Laredo, Texas. In addition, Kansas City Southern holds a concession to operate a 47-mile railroad located adjacent to the Panama Canal, as well as operates and promotes commuter and tourist passenger services. Further, the company operates a bulk materials handling facility with deep-water access to the Gulf of Mexico at Port Arthur, Texas that stores and transfers petroleum coke from rail cars to ships primarily for export; and a railroad wood tie treatment facility. It serves customers conducting business in various industries, including electric-generating utilities, chemical and petroleum products, industrial and consumer products, agriculture and mineral products, automotive products, and intermodal freight transportation. The company was formerly known as Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Kansas City Southern in 2002. Kansas City Southern was founded in 1962 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

PROSHARES ULTRASHORT S&P500 (NYSE:SDS) - ULTRASH'T SP500 PROS

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTE (NYSE:VRX) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of pharmaceutical products. It primarily offers specialty pharmaceutical and over-the-counter (OTC) products in the areas of dermatology and neurology therapeutic classes. The companys products include Efudex/Efudix for the treatment of multiple actinic or solar keratoses and superficial basal cell carcinoma; Acanya and Atralin gels for the treatment of acne vulgaris; Kinerase, a range of OTC and prescription cosmetic products; Nyal, a range of tablets, liquids, and nasal sprays to treat cough, cold, flu, sinus, and hayfever symptoms; and topical OTC products under the tradenames Dermaveen, Dr. LeWinns, and Dr. Renaud. It also offers Diastat/Diastat AcuDial, which are gel formulations of diazepam; Cesamet, a synthetic cannabinoid for the management of nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy; Mestinon, an orally active cholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis; Migranal, a nasal spray formulation for the treatment of acute migraine headaches; and Librax, which is used as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of peptic ulcer and irritable bowel syndrome. In addition, the company provides branded generic products in antibiotics, antifungal medications, and diabetic therapies in Europe; and antibacterials, vitamin deficiency, and dermatology in Latin America. Valeant Pharmaceuticals has a license and collaboration agreement with Glaxo Group Limited to develop and commercialize retigabine, a neuronal potassium channel opener for the treatment of adult epilepsy patients with refractory partial onset seizures. It markets its products to physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, and wholesalers through its sales force, as well as through wholesalers primarily in the United States, Mexico, Poland, and Canada. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES (NYSE:CNQ) - Canadian Natural Resources Limited engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas. The companys crude oil and natural gas operations are focused in North America, principally in western Canada; the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea; and Cote dIvoire and Gabon in offshore West Africa. Its midstream activities include pipeline operations and an electricity co-generation system. It holds interest in the Horizon oil sands properties that produce synthetic crude oil through bitumen mining and upgrading operations. Canadian Natural Resources Limited was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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