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Market Maker Surveillance Report. LTON, C, CSCO, JOYG, CY, CATM, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, February 25th 201

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February 25, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Friday. 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 Friday there were 2300 companies with "abnormal" market making, 4149 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1381 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bullish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices rose. LINKTONE LTD-ADR (NASDAQ:LTON), CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C), CISCO SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:CSCO), JOY GLOBAL INC (NASDAQ:JOYG), CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (NASDAQ:CY), CARDTRONICS INC (NASDAQ:CATM). 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
     LTON       $0.090       6.29%        1,679,960       27.84%       4,354,416       72.16%       -2,674,456      Abnormal
     C          $0.010       0.21%        193,716,436     48.28%       196,760,911     49.04%       -3,044,475      Abnormal
     CSCO       $0.270       1.47%        23,265,329      46.58%       26,666,877      53.40%       -3,401,548      Abnormal
     JOYG       $0.560       0.60%        10,178,141      30.41%       23,031,400      68.82%       -12,853,259     Abnormal
     CY         $0.550       2.61%        6,214,165       23.28%       18,346,315      68.74%       -12,132,150     Abnormal
     CATM       $0.460       2.45%        597,057         12.34%       4,123,998       85.24%       -3,526,941      Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows LTON with 2,674,456 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.09000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more selling than buying should cause prices to drop.

LINKTONE LTD-ADR (NASDAQ:LTON) - Linktone Ltd. provides entertainment-oriented telecom value-added services to mobile phone users over mobile telecommunications networks in China. It specializes in the development, aggregation, marketing, and distribution of user wireless content and applications for access by mobile phone users through mobile phone and fixed line network operators: China Mobile Communications Corporation, China United Telecommunications Corporation, and China Telecom Group. The companys 2G short messaging service (SMS)-based services include ringtones, icons and screen savers, interactive SMS messaging in certain television programs, adventure, action, trivia and fortune-telling games, lunar and Western horoscopes, POP Messaging, jokes, fan clubs, event-driven or entertainment news updates, and a virtual mobile amusement park called WonderWorld. The companys 2.5G services comprise multimedia messaging services, such as animated cartoons and screensavers, comic strips, magazine-style mobile articles on various topics, and event-driven news updates; and WAP services, which consist of WAP-based ringtones, screensavers, games and dating services, and advanced Java games. In addition, it offers audio-related services over the fixed line telecom networks, including ringback, which replaces the common ring-ring sound heard by callers with music and sound effects; and interactive voice response services that allow users to listen to songs, jokes, stories, and coverages of events. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Shanghai, the Peoples Republic of China. Linktone Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk.

CITIGROUP INC (NYSE:C) - Citigroup, Inc., a global financial services company, provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. The company has two primary segments, Citicorp and Citi Holdings. The Citicorp segment operates as a global bank for businesses and consumers with two primary businesses, Regional Consumer Banking and Institutional Clients Group. The Regional Consumer Banking business provides traditional banking services, including retail banking, branded cards, and small commercial banking in North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Institutional Clients Group business provides securities and banking services, including investment banking and advisory services, lending, debt and equity sales and trading, institutional brokerage, foreign exchange, structured products, cash instruments and related derivatives, and private banking; and transaction services consisting of treasury and trade solutions, and securities and fund services. The Citi Holdings segment has three businesses: Brokerage and Asset Management, Local Consumer Lending, and Special Asset Pool. The Brokerage and Asset Management business, through its 49% stake in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture and Nikko Cordial Securities, offers retail brokerage and asset management services. The Local Consumer Lending business provides residential mortgage loans, retail partner card loans, student loans, personal loans, auto loans, commercial real estate, and other consumer loans, as well as western European cards and retail banking services. The Special Asset Pool business is a portfolio of securities, loans, and other assets. Citigroup Inc. has approximately 200 million customer accounts and operates in approximately 140 countries. The company was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, New York.

CISCO SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:CSCO) - Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products to the communications and IT industry worldwide. The company offers routers that interconnect public and private IP networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications; switching systems, which provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, access points, and servers; application networking services; home networking products, such as voice and data modems, routers and gateways, Internet video cameras, home entertainment storage, wireless home audio, and home network management software; and network and content security, email, and Web security products. It also provides storage area networking products that deliver connectivity between servers and storage systems; unified communication products to integrate voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks; video systems, including digital set-top boxes and digital media products; and wireless systems. In addition, the company offers optical networking products, cable access, and service provider VoIP services; and Cisco TelePresence systems and exchange services, physical security and video surveillance, digital media systems, and building systems to manage energy efficiency. It serves enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses, and personal residences through systems integrators, service providers, resellers, distributors, and retail partners. Cisco Systems has strategic alliances with Accenture Ltd; AT&T Inc.; Cap Gemini S.A.; EMC Corporation; Fujitsu Limited; Intel Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation; Italtel SpA; Johnson Controls Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Nokia; Nokia Siemens Networks; Oracle Corporation; SAP AG; Sprint Nextel Corporation; Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.; VMware, Inc.; and Wipro Limited. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

JOY GLOBAL INC (NASDAQ:JOYG) - Joy Global Inc. engages in the manufacture and servicing of mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands, and other minerals worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Underground Mining Machinery, Surface Mining Equipment, and Continental Crushing and Conveying. The Underground Mining Machinery segment produces continuous miners, longwall shearers, powered roof supports, armored face conveyors, shuttle cars, flexible conveyor trains, roof bolters, battery haulers, and continuous haulage systems. It also rebuilds and services equipment, and sells replacement parts and consumables in support of installed base. The Surface Mining Equipment segment produces electric mining shovels, walking draglines, and rotary blasthole drills. This segment also provides used electric mining shovels, logistics, and life cycle management support services. The Continental Crushing and Conveying segment manufactures and distributes bulk material crushing and conveyor systems used in coal and hard rock mining for metals and minerals, aggregates, and tunneling. Its products include feeder breakers, conveyor systems, and high angle conveyors. Joy Global Inc. sells its products primarily to global and regional mining companies. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (NASDAQ:CY) - Cypress Semiconductor Corporation operates as a semiconductor company in the United States and internationally. The company delivers various high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions. Its products include programmable system-on-chip (PSoC) products, capacitive sensing and touchscreen solutions, universal serial bus (USB) controllers, wirelessUSB, CyFi low-power radio frequency, programmable clocks, and buffers. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation offers communication products, peripheral controllers, dual-port interconnects, programmable logic devices, and power PSoC, as well as line of switches, cable drivers, and equalizers for the professional video market. It also provides peripheral bridge controllers, dual-port memories, physical layer devices, and programmable logic devices; and designs and manufactures SRAM products and nonvolatile memories, which are used to store and retrieve data in networking, wireless infrastructure and handsets, computation, consumer, automotive, industrial, and various electronic systems, as well as provides image sensor products that are used in industrial, medical, and aeronautic applications. In addition, the company offers a wireless pneumatic thermostat that enables remote temperature sensing and control; a wireless gauge reader, which clips onto the face of existing gauges to capture and transmit data; a wireless steam trap monitor that detects leaks and failures; a wireless transducer reader, which provides energy-use characterization and baseline data for audits; and optical navigation sensors. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation serves consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, medical, and industrial markets. The company markets its products through direct sales force, distributors, trading companies, and representative firms. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

CARDTRONICS INC (NASDAQ:CATM) - Cardtronics, Inc. owns and operates ATMs and financial services kiosks. As of December 31, 2009, it operated approximately 33,400 ATMs and financial services kiosks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Its ATMs and financial services kiosks offer cash dispensing and bank account balance inquiry services, as well as other consumer financial services, including bill payments, check cashing, remote deposit capture, and money transfer services. The company provides transaction processing, cash management, maintenance, and monitoring services to merchant customers for operating ATMs and financial services kiosks. It also has agreements with financial institutions to brand the companys ATMs with their logos. Cardtronics has approximately 11,100 of company-owned ATMs under contract with financial institutions to place their logos on those machines. Additionally, it provides financial institutions with surcharge-free program through its Allpoint nationwide surcharge-free ATM network. The company was formerly known as Cardtronics Group, Inc. and changed its name to Cardtronics, Inc. in January 2004. Cardtronics was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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