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Stories for PALL

Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL) earnings debriefing - Jared Levy, March 12, 2010
Pall trims fiscal year 2010 forecast - AP, March 11, 2010
Pall fiscal 2Q profit falls short of expectations - AP, March 11, 2010
MidnightTrader's After-Hours News Movers - MidnightTrader.com, March 11, 2010
Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) earnings play - Jared Levy, March 10, 2010
Option Trading Idea: PALL Corporation (PLL) Covered Call - the ONN Idea Generating Platform, October 29, 2009

PALL PLL (NYSE) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 38.87	Chg: -1.97	%Chg: -5.07%	Open: 38.85		Vol: 2.9 M
Bid: 38.88	Ask: 39.58	Size: 5	High: 39.64	Low: 38.45	Avg Vol: 1.2 M

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	PLL	100			38.87	$1,944	38.87	200.0%	-$3,887

*Assumes buying stock on margin at 50%; shorting stock on margin at 150%

PLL: Chart

PLL: PALL

Industry	Durables
Shares Outstanding	117.4 M
52 Wk Performance Price	80.1%
Dividend	0.64 2010/02/05

Today's High 39.64	P/E 22.1
Today's Low 38.45	EPS 1.85
Open 38.85	Price to Book 9.7
Prev Close 40.84
52 Wk high 41.82	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 18.20	21 Day 38.73
Market Cap 4.8 B	50 Day 37.24
Yield 1.567	200 Day 32.39

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Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int	Series	Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int

- Mar 10 [5 days to expiration]

18.40	19.30	-1.75	0	0	Mar 10 20.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0
15.90	16.80	-1.80	0	0	Mar 10 22.5	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	42
13.40	14.50	-1.65	0	0	Mar 10 25.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	76
8.40	9.30	-1.80	0	267	Mar 10 30.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	40
3.70	4.30	-1.80	0	1108	Mar 10 35.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	1020
0.20	0.30	-1.50	0	5201	Mar 10 40.0	1.35	1.50	0.52	0	361
0.00	0.05	-0.15	0	754	Mar 10 45.0	5.70	6.60	1.60	0	6
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0	Mar 10 50.0	10.70	11.60	1.80	0	0

- Apr 10 [33 days to expiration]

13.40	14.30	-1.80	0	0	Apr 10 25.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0
8.40	9.30	-1.85	0	0	Apr 10 30.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	0
4.10	4.60	-1.60	0	18	Apr 10 35.0	0.15	0.35	0.00	0	79
0.80	0.90	-1.43	0	1728	Apr 10 40.0	1.80	2.05	0.47	0	152
0.10	0.20	-0.37	0	3530	Apr 10 45.0	6.00	6.70	1.55	0	0
0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	0	Apr 10 50.0	10.70	11.70	1.80	0	0

- Jun 10 [96 days to expiration]

18.30	19.40	-1.70	0	0	Jun 10 20.0	0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	0
15.80	16.90	-1.75	0	0	Jun 10 22.5	0.00	0.10	-0.08	0	1
13.10	15.40	-1.35	0	0	Jun 10 25.0	0.00	0.15	0.03	0	132
8.50	9.50	-1.70	0	249	Jun 10 30.0	0.10	0.30	0.05	0	33
4.20	5.50	-1.35	0	305	Jun 10 35.0	0.90	1.10	0.25	0	471
1.65	1.85	-1.20	0	2696	Jun 10 40.0	2.90	3.20	0.65	0	401
0.35	0.55	-0.65	0	162	Jun 10 45.0	5.80	7.30	0.95	0	0
0.00	0.20	-0.22	0	45	Jun 10 50.0	10.60	11.90	1.40	0	0
0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	0	Jun 10 55.0	15.80	16.80	1.60	0	0

- Sep 10 [187 days to expiration]

15.80	17.00	-1.75	0	0	Sep 10 22.5	0.00	0.20	0.00	0	0
13.30	14.50	-1.75	0	0	Sep 10 25.0	0.00	0.30	0.00	0	0
9.00	9.70	-1.60	0	0	Sep 10 30.0	0.45	0.70	0.07	0	6
5.20	5.80	-1.35	0	35	Sep 10 35.0	1.60	1.80	0.25	0	129
2.45	2.70	-1.17	0	364	Sep 10 40.0	3.70	4.10	0.65	0	8
0.85	1.00	-0.78	0	206	Sep 10 45.0	7.10	7.90	1.25	0	0
0.25	0.45	-0.35	0	37	Sep 10 50.0	11.20	12.30	1.45	0	0
0.00	0.20	-0.15	0	20	Sep 10 55.0	15.90	16.90	1.55	0	0