Today's 5-Star Movers

By Motley Fool Staff
September 5, 2008 | Comments (1)

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Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating awarded by our CAPS community of more than 86,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Lifetime Brands, Inc.

(Nasdaq: LCUT)

6.08%

Housewares & Accessories

(3.16%)

209 of 217

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Martek Biosciences Corp.

(Nasdaq: MATK)

5.99%

Biotechnology

(2.59%)

315 of 327

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ADC Telecommunications

(Nasdaq: ADCT)

5.56%

Communication Equipment

(2.27%)

198 of 225

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Other Five-Star Biotechnology
Critical Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX) up 13.04%
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: MEMY) up 2.97%
Other Five-Star Communication Equipment
Westell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSTL) up 3.40%
Andrew Corp (Nasdaq: ANDW) no change

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  • Report this Comment On January 26, 2009, at 2:56 PM, muleskinnerslide wrote:

    ADCT eroded faithful investment base in the forced reverse 7 to 1 stock split and sale of it's past. It won't recover. I'm just trying to save some folks some money. Look to FLIR or other market movers that are at least stable in these times.

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