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Market Maker Surveillance Report. CERS, MO, INTC, ADSK, ORCL, WU, Bullishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, March 1st 2013

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March 1, 2013 / 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 3978 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2678 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2482 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. Cerus Corp (NASDAQ:CERS), Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), INTEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:INTC), Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK), Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL), Western Union Co (NYSE:WU). 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
  CERS    $0.260    7.90%     1,186,485    22.48%    4,090,510    77.50%    -2,904,025   Abnormal
  MO      $0.050    0.15%     3,498,647    22.65%    6,422,977    41.58%    -2,924,330   Abnormal
  INTC    $0.170    0.81%     20,435,285   45.06%    24,833,588   54.75%    -4,398,303   Abnormal
  ADSK    $0.640    1.74%     3,296,757    28.96%    8,074,420    70.92%    -4,777,663   Abnormal
  ORCL    $0.260    0.77%     8,533,946    42.32%    11,583,040   57.44%    -3,049,094   Abnormal
  WU      $0.150    1.06%     4,855,809    23.53%    7,210,220    34.94%    -2,354,411   Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows CERS with 2,904,025 greater shares of selling than buying (NetVol) and the stock price was up $0.26000. 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.

Cerus Corp (NASDAQ:CERS) - Cerus Corporation, together with its subsidiary, Cerus Europe B.V., operates as a biomedical products company that focuses on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. The company s INTERCEPT Blood System is based on its proprietary technology for controlling biological replication and is designed to target and inactivate blood-borne pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites, as well as potentially harmful white blood cells, while preserving the therapeutic properties of platelet, plasma, and red blood cell transfusion products. Its INTERCEPT Blood System for Platelets or platelet system is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in platelets donated for transfusion; and INTERCEPT Blood System for Plasma or plasma system is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in plasma donated for transfusion. The company is also developing INTERCEPT Blood System for Red Blood Cells or red blood cell system, which is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in red blood cells donated for transfusion. It markets its platelet and plasma systems through its direct sales force and distributors primarily in Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Middle East. The company has collaboration agreements with Baxter International, Inc. for the development and commercialization of the INTERCEPT Blood System; BioOne Corporation for the commercialization of platelet and plasma systems in specified parts of Asia; and the United States Armed Forces for the development of pathogen inactivation technologies for the improved safety and availability of blood. Cerus Corporation was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Concord, California..

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) - Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States and internationally. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky, and Marlboro Snus brands; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and pipe tobacco. The company also produces and sells blended table wines under the Chateau Ste. Michelle and Columbia Crest names; and distributes Antinori and Villa Maria Estate wines, and Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte in the United States. In addition, it maintains a portfolio of leveraged and direct finance leases in rail and surface transport, aircraft, electric power, real estate, and manufacturing. The company sells its tobacco products primarily to wholesalers, including distributors; large retail organizations, such as chain stores; and the armed services. Altria Group, Inc. markets its wine products to restaurants, wholesale clubs, supermarkets, wine shops, and mass merchandisers. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia..

INTEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. The company operates through PC Client Group, Data Center Group, Other Intel Architecture, Software and Services, and All Other segments. It offers microprocessors that process system data and controls other devices in the system; and chipsets, which sends data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive or solid-state drive, and optical disc drives; system-on-chip products that integrate its processing functions with other system components, including graphics, audio, and video onto a single chip; wired network connectivity products; and wireless connectivity products. The company also provides mobile phone components comprising baseband processors, radio frequency transceivers, and power management integrated circuits; and mobile phone platforms, such as Bluetooth wireless technology and global positioning systems receivers, software solutions, customization, and interoperability tests. In addition, it offers endpoint security, network and content security, risk and compliance, and consumer and mobile security software products for consumer, mobile, and corporate environments to protect systems from malicious virus attacks, as well as loss of data. Further, the company provides NAND flash memory products, which are used in solid-state drives. It sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and industrial and communications equipment manufacturers in the computing and communications industries. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California..

Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) - Autodesk, Inc. provides design software and services to customers worldwide. Its Platform Solutions and Emerging Business segment offers AutoCAD software, a customizable and extensible computer-aided design (CAD) application for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization in fields ranging from construction to manufacturing, civil engineering, and process plant design; and AutoCAD LT, a professional drafting and detailing software. The company s Architecture, Engineering and Construction segment offers Autodesk Revit products, which provide model-based design and documentation system for architects, engineers, and design-build teams; AutoCAD Civil 3D products, which provide a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering; AutoCAD Architecture software that includes architecture industry-specific tools to improve co-ordination; and AutoCAD Map 3D software, which provides direct access to data needed for infrastructure planning, design, and management. Autodesk s Manufacturing segment provides Autodesk Inventor, which offers a set of tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation; AutoCAD Mechanical software that accelerates the mechanical design process; and Autodesk Moldflow that helps manufacturers optimize the design of plastic parts and injection molds, and study the injection molding process. Its Media and Entertainment segment offers animation products that provide tools for digital sculpting, modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing; and creative finishing products that provide editing, finishing, and visual effects design and color grading. The company also offers design and creation suites. It licenses or sells its products and services, primarily through indirect channels consisting of distributors and resellers, as well as directly to large corporations. Autodesk, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California..

Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) - Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems. It licenses database and middleware software, including database and database management, application server and cloud application, service-oriented architecture and business process management, business intelligence, identity and access management, data integration, Web experience management, portals, and content management and social network software, as well as development tools and Java, a software development platform; and applications software comprising enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, financials, governance, risk and compliance, procurement, supply chain management, enterprise portfolio project and enterprise performance management, business intelligence analytic applications, Web commerce, and industry-specific applications software. The company also provides customers with rights to unspecified software product upgrades and maintenance releases; Internet access to technical content; and Internet and telephone access to technical support personnel. In addition, it offers computer server, storage and networking product, and hardware-related software, such as Oracle Solaris Operating System; Oracle engineered systems; storage products, which comprise tape, disk, and networking solutions for open systems and mainframe server environments; and hardware systems support solutions, including software updates for the software components, as well as product repair, maintenance, and technical support services. Further, the company provides consulting solutions in business and IT strategy alignment, enterprise architecture planning and design, initial product implementation and integration, and ongoing product enhancement and upgrade services; Oracle managed cloud services; and education services. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California..

Western Union Co (NYSE:WU) - The Western Union Company provides money movement and payment services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Consumer-to-Consumer and Global Business Payments. The Consumer-to-Consumer segment offers money transfer services, including walk-in money transfer, online money transfer, account based money transfer, and mobile money transfer through a network of third-party agents using multi-currency and real-time money transfer processing systems. The Global Business Payments segment provides business-to-business payment solutions for cross-border and cross-currency transactions, as well as Travelex global business payments services through phone and Internet; services that allow consumers to send funds to businesses and government agencies using cash and debit cards; and Quick Cash, a cash disbursement service for businesses and government agencies to send money to employees or individuals. This segment also offers Western Union Convenience Pay, a service to send payments by cash or check to utilities and telecommunication providers; walk-in and cash bill payment services under the Pago F cil and Western Union brand names; Speedpay, a service that allows consumers to make payments to various businesses using credit cards, debit cards, automated clearing house (ACH), and checks; and Equity Accelerator service, which enables consumers to make mortgage payments by ACH. The company also provides money orders for making purchases, paying bills, and as an alternative to checks; and prepaid cards that allow consumers to load money or receive a direct deposit onto the card for use. As of September 30, 2012, the company offered its services through a network of 510,000 agent locations. The Western Union Company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado..

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