First Alert: 11-11:30 A.M. Investrend / Bestcalls.

(From FinancialWire)

Byline: ROBERT MILLWARD

FinancialWire-10 November 2005-First Alert: 11-11:30 A.M. Investrend / Bestcalls (C)2005 Investrend Communications, Inc.

November 10, 2005 (Financial Wire) Conference calls scheduled at 11 to 11:30 a.m. on Investrend Broadcast via partner BestCalls include Chad Therapeutics, (AMEX: CTU), Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE: CSK), Four Seasons Hotel Inc.(USA), (NYSE: FS), Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdi, (AMEX: HCM), InfoNow Corporation (NASDAQ: INOW), Innodata Isogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: INOD), Inter Parfums, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAR), NetSol Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: NTWK), Nash Finch Company (NASDAQ: NAFC), NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ: NWEC), P & F Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFIN), Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN), World Fuel Services Corporatio (NYSE: INT), Corautus Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: VEGF), Boardwalk REIT(USA),, (OTC: BOWFF),SYS, (AMEX: SYS), ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADES), Affirmative Insurance Holdings (NASDAQ: AFFM), TOP Tankers Inc. (NASDAQ: TOPT), Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc (NYSE: SHO), Meridian Resource Corp. (NYSE: TMR), Consolidated Water Co. (NASDAQ: CWCO).

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Not since the late 60s when this reporter saw all the oil chieftains nervously walking back and forth in the foyer of the Alaskan State Capital in Juneau awaiting the Alaskan Pipeline votes have so many been seen together in one place at one time. None of them admitted to price gouging, so who says there is no collusion. All our legislators wanted to do was to see some of them fix the prices at the pump, but they all claimed they thought there were laws against price fixing. Let them rise in a free market economy. Of course, everyone doesn t think as we do; but you knew that already, so here s a word from a friendly commentator, Charles Payne, at WStreet.com, late Wednesday: On Capitol Hill, the oil executives are being bounced around like tossed salad, but there hasn't been any blockbuster commentary that would justify scuttling our capitalistic backbone for something a little more socialistic. Interestingly, as the hearings move along, oil prices are beginning to come to life on a petroleum report that by all rights should have sent crude lower. An altruistic bunch, the oil companies aren't, but talk of taxing profits beyond what they're already taxed is ridiculous. I would say that someone needs to seize on the notion that there is manipulation by traders. Moreover, maybe someone will talk about the various state taxes that are hurting consumers far more than a lack of caring by the oil companies. Crude inventories are well above the upper end of the historic range, while motor gasoline is at the upper end, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). It is interesting that the market would ignore the incredible builds and focus on the slight decline in heating oil (distillates). The message is clear: when the cold fronts come through, and there is greater negative movement in distillates, there could be a big upside move in crude. The Investrend Earnings calendar features Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), expected at $0.39 a year ago versus $0.33, Target Corp (NYSE: TGT), expected at $0.45 versus $0.37, News Corp Ltd (NYSE: NWS), expected at $0.16 versus $0.21, and Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR), expected at $1.89 versus $2.01.

The Investrend Economics Calendar lists Import/Export Prices for October (8:30 a.m.), Weekly Initial Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m.), International Trade for September (8:30 a.m.), Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for Nov. (9:45 a.m.), Treasury Budget Statement for October (10 a.m.), and Weekly Money Supply (4:30 p.m.).