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Market Maker Surveillance Report. VSEA, ISTA, ACAS, MSFT, ICO, VXX, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, May 4th 201

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May 4, 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 2380 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1412 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3492 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. VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIP (NASDAQ:VSEA), ISTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ:ISTA), AMERICAN CAPITAL LTD (NASDAQ:ACAS), MICROSOFT CORP (NASDAQ:MSFT), INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP INC (NYSE:ICO), IPATH S&P 500 VIX S/T FU ETN (NYSE:VXX). 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
     VSEA       $20.740      51.15%       15,852,419      46.79%       17,949,396      52.98%       -2,096,977      Abnormal
     ISTA       $0.210       2.09%        1,281,024       32.59%       2,648,406       67.37%       -1,367,382      Abnormal
     ACAS       $0.200       1.93%        5,350,231       43.77%       6,870,801       56.21%       -1,520,570      Abnormal
     MSFT       $0.220       0.85%        35,431,030      48.40%       39,587,529      54.07%       -4,156,499      Abnormal
     ICO        $0.020       0.14%        6,799,281       24.30%       15,568,869      55.64%       -8,769,588      Abnormal
     VXX        $0.370       1.52%        7,326,046       25.16%       8,812,397       30.26%       -1,486,351      Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows VSEA with 2,096,977 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $20.74000. 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.

VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIP (NASDAQ:VSEA) - Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits to the semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. It offers medium current products, including single wafer VIISta 900XP series, as well as VIISta 810XP, VIISta 810XE, and VIISta 900XPT ion implanters; and high current products, such as VIISta HCS series and VIISta Trident High Current Ion Implant tools for logic, memory, and foundry manufacturers. The company also provides high energy products comprising VIISta HE and VIISta 3000 implanters for wafer fabs and memory manufacturers; and ultra high dose products consisting of VIISta PLAD tools. In addition, it manufactures Solion, a solar cell ion implant tool. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

ISTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ:ISTA) - ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and markets remedies for diseases and conditions of the eye in the United States. It provides products to treat diseases of the eye and allergies; and therapies for ocular inflammation and pain, glaucoma, dry eye, and ocular and nasal allergies. The company offers Xibrom for the treatment of ocular inflammation and pain following cataract surgery; Bepreve to treat ocular itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis; Istalol for the treatment of Glaucoma; and Vitrase for use as a spreading agent. Its products under development include XiDay, which completed Phase III confirmatory clinical study for the treatment of ocular inflammation and pain following cataract surgery; T-Pred that completed Phase III bioequivalence study for the treatment of steroid-responsive inflammatory ocular conditions; Bromfenac lower concentration, which completed Phase II study to treat dry eye syndrome; Ecabet Sodium, a Phase IIb product for the treatment of dry eye syndrome; and Bepotastine Nasal to treat allergic rhinitis. The companys products under development also comprise a steroid product candidate to treat ocular inflammation; iganidipine to enhance ocular nerve blood flow; and a formulation of latanoprost, a prostaglandin, for the treatment of glaucoma. ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. sells its products primarily to drug wholesalers, retailers, and distributors, including large chain drug stores, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, and managed healthcare providers. The company was formerly known as Advanced Corneal Systems, Inc. and changed its name to ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in March 2000. ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

AMERICAN CAPITAL LTD (NASDAQ:ACAS) - American Capital, Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in management and employee buyouts, mezzanine, acquisition, recapitalization, middle market, and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in senior debt mezzanine and equity financing for buyouts of private equity firms and direct in private and public companies. It also invests in special situations and in government. In special situations, the firm invests in troubled situations and in distressed situations. In this area, it invests in acquisitions of true turnarounds, 363 auctions, portfolio add-ons, operationally challenged companies; financings in exit, ABL loans, second lien refinance, and direct lending to distressed companies. The firm invests in manufacturing, services, and distribution companies with a special focus on energy sector. In energy production sector, the firm invests in lower risk oil and gas exploration, production and development; natural gas liquids; coal mining and coal-fired generation; uranium mining and nuclear-fired generation; wind-powered generation; and solar-powered generation. In energy transmission sector, the firm invests in oil and gas pipelines; LNG tankers and regasification facilities; and power transmission. In energy distribution sector, it targets propane distribution; gas distribution; electricity distribution. In energy services sector, the firm invests in oil and gas services and utility services. The firm also targets investments in companies that provide services or products to federal, state or local governments. It seeks to invest in information technology, human resources/benefit administration, outsourcing, transaction processing, engineering and construction, logistics, original equipment manufacturers homeland security and component, after market parts and supplies, and technology. The firm and its affiliates invest from $5 million to $300 million per company in North America and 5 million ($6.92520 million) to 25 million ($34.6260 million) per company in Europe. American Capital, Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland with additional offices in United States, Europe, and Asia.

MICROSOFT CORP (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The companys Windows & Windows Live Division segment offers Windows operating system, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. It offers Windows operating system, which include Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Home, as well as Windows Live suite of applications and Web services. Microsofts Server and Tools segment provides Windows Server operating systems, Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Silverlight, System Center products, Biz Talk server, Microsoft consulting services, and product support services. This segment also provides enterprise consulting and product support services; and training and certification to developers and information technology professionals, as well as builds standalone and software development lifecycle tools for software architects, developers, testers, and project managers. The companys Online Services Division segment offers online information products, such as Bing, MSN portals, and channels; and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. Microsofts Microsoft Business Division segment offers Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, as well as Microsoft Office Web Apps. The companys Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform; PC software games; online games and services; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; Windows Phone and Windows Embedded device platforms; the Zune digital music and entertainment platform; and application software for Apples Macintosh computers, Microsoft PC hardware products, and other devices. This segment also involves in retail and marketing of packaged versions of the Microsoft Office system and the Windows operating systems. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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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