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Market Maker Surveillance Report. LVLT, BSX, FITB, NI, INTC, ICO, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Tuesday, May 3rd 2011

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May 3, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. 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 Tuesday there were 2523 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1504 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3642 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. LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT), BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP (NYSE:BSX), FIFTH THIRD BANCORP (NASDAQ:FITB), NISOURCE INC (NYSE:NI), INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC), INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP INC (NYSE:ICO). 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
     LVLT       $0.010       0.61%        20,448,984      46.86%       23,185,547      53.14%       -2,736,563      Abnormal
     BSX        $0.070       0.91%        6,006,184       25.88%       7,265,558       31.31%       -1,259,374      Abnormal
     FITB       $0.280       2.12%        11,509,922      47.42%       12,769,910      52.62%       -1,259,988      Abnormal
     NI         $0.110       0.56%        1,058,459       18.83%       3,358,921       59.76%       -2,300,462      Abnormal
     INTC       $0.330       1.44%        53,665,334      48.63%       59,677,484      54.08%       -6,012,150      Abnormal
     ICO        $0.030       0.21%        27,109,422      36.59%       33,018,482      44.57%       -5,909,060      Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows LVLT with 2,736,563 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.01000. 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.

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT) - Level 3 Communications, Inc. engages in the communications business in North America and Europe. It offers network and Internet services, including transport services, high speed Internet protocol services, dedicated Internet access, virtual private network services, and dark fiber services, as well as managed modem, an outsourced, turn-key infrastructure solution; and colocation services. The company also provides various media services, comprising Vyvx services that provide audio and video feeds over fiber or satellite; content delivery network services; media delivery services to customers seeking to manage, protect, and monetize content delivered over the Internet; a range of local and long distance voice services, such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and traditional circuit-switch based services; and VoIP Enhanced Local, a VoIP service that enables broadband cable operators, IXCs, VoIP providers, and other companies operating their own switching infrastructure to launch IP-based local and long-distance voice services through a broadband connection. Level 3 Communications media services also consist of SIP Trunking, a VoIP-based local phone service; Local Inbound service that terminates traditional telephone network originated calls to Internet Protocol termination points; Primary Rate Interface, a TDM local phone service that could be configured in various ways; Long Distance services portfolio comprising local and long distance transport and termination services; and Toll Free services portfolio, which terminate toll free calls that are originated on the traditional telephone network. As of December 31, 2009, its network encompassed approximately 67,000 intercity route miles in North America and an intercity network covering approximately 12,000 miles across Europe. Further, it sells coal primarily through long-term contracts with public utilities. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP (NYSE:BSX) - Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It offers cardiac rhythm management products, which monitor the heart and deliver electricity to treat cardiac abnormalities; and RF generators, intracardiac ultrasound and steerable ablation catheters, and diagnostic catheters for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The company also provides interventional cardiology products, such as coronary stent systems, coronary revascularization products to treat patients with atherosclerosis and intraluminal catheter-directed ultrasound imaging catheters and systems; vascular access products, balloon catheters, stents and peripheral vascular catheters, wires, and accessories, as well as products for peripheral embolization procedures; and biliary stents, drainage catheters, and micro-puncture sets to treat, diagnose, and ease various forms of benign and malignant tumors. In addition, it offers coated and uncoated detachable coils, micro-delivery stents, micro-guidewires, micro-catheters, guiding catheters, and embolics to neuro-interventional radiologists and neurosurgeons to treat diseases of the neurovascular system; and endoscopy and interventional bronchoscopy products to diagnose and treat various digestive diseases, as well as pulmonary disease systems within the airway and lungs. Further, the company provides urology/womens health products to treat patients with urinary stone disease, benign prostatic hyperplasia, stress urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and excessive uterine bleeding; and spinal cord stimulation system for the management of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs. Boston Scientific Corporation markets its products through direct sales force, and a network of distributors and dealers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan and Paris, France.

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP (NASDAQ:FITB) - Fifth Third Bancorp operates as a diversified financial services holding company. The companys Commercial Banking segment offers banking, cash management, and financial services; traditional lending and depository products and services; and other services, including foreign exchange and international trade finance, derivatives and capital markets services, asset-based lending, real estate finance, public finance, commercial leasing, and syndicated finance for business, government, and professional customers. Its Branch Banking segment provides deposit and loan, and lease products to individuals and corporations. Its products include checking and savings accounts, home equity loans and lines of credit, credit cards, and loans for automobile and personal financing needs. The companys Consumer Lending segment involves in mortgage and home equity lending activities, such as origination, retention, and servicing of mortgage and home equity loans; and other indirect lending activities, which include loans to consumers through mortgage brokers, automobile dealers, and federal and private student education loans. Its Investment Advisors segment offers investment alternatives for individuals, companies, and not-for-profit organizations. It offers retail brokerage services to individual clients, and broker dealer services to the institutional marketplace. This segment also provides asset management services; holistic strategies to affluent clients in wealth planning, investing, insurance, and wealth protection; and advisory services for institutional clients, as well as advises the companys proprietary family of mutual funds. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 1,309 full-service banking centers, including 103 Bank Mart locations and 2,358 Jeanie ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Georgia. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

NISOURCE INC (NYSE:NI) - NiSource Inc., an energy holding company, through its subsidiaries, provides natural gas, electricity, and other products and services. It operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Transmission and Storage Operations, Electric Operations, and Other Operations. The Gas Distribution Operations segment provides natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2009, it served approximately 3.3 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts, as well as owned and operated a total of 57,785 miles of pipelines. The Gas Transmission and Storage Operations segment owned and operated 15 thousand miles of interstate pipelines, and operated underground natural gas storage systems capable of storing approximately 639 billion cubic feet of natural gas. The Electric Operations segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 457 thousand customers in the northern part of Indiana, and engages in wholesale and transmission transactions. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 3 coal-fired electric generating stations with a net capability of 2,574 megawatt (mw), 4 gas-fired generating units with a net capability of 203 mw, and 2 hydroelectric generating plants with a net capability of 10 mw, as well as a combined cycle gas turbine plant with a capacity of 535 mw. The Other Operations segment primarily engages in gas and power marketing, and ventures focused on distributed power generation technologies, including cogeneration facilities, fuel cells, and storage systems. The company was formerly known as NIPSCO Industries, Inc. and changed its name to NiSource Inc. in April 1999. NiSource Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.

INTEL CORP (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also offers system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. It also provides chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD or DVD drives; motherboards that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus, and products designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms; and wired and wireless connectivity products, including network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. In addition, Intel offers NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; network processors used in networking equipment to manage and direct data moving across networks and the Internet; software products, including operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices, as well as software development tools that enable the creation of applications; and healthcare products designed to connect people and information to improve patient care and safety. Further, it offers platforms that include a microprocessor, chipset, and enabling software. Intel sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC and network communications products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP INC (NYSE:ICO) - International Coal Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces coal in the northern and central Appalachian regions, the United States. The company offers a range of mid- to high-Btu, low- to medium-sulfur steam, and metallurgical coal products. Its 12 Appalachian mining complexes are located in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland; and the mining complex of mid- to high-sulfur steam coal is located in the Illinois Basin. As of December 31, 2009, the company owned or controlled approximately 325 million tons of metallurgical quality coal reserves, 765 million tons of steam coal reserves, and 431 million tons of non-reserve coal deposits. It also purchases and resells coal produced by third parties. The company markets its coal to various customers, including investment grade electric utilities, as well as domestic and international industrial and steel customers. International Coal Group, Inc. is based in Scott Depot, West Virginia.

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