LocateStock.com Daily High Five For Wednesday November 14, 2007

Jersey City, NJ – November 14, 2007

The LocateStock.com HIGH FIVE for Wednesday, November 14^th are:

5 – VMware - NYSE:VMW

4 – LDK Solar – NYSE:LDK

3 – Diana Shipping – NYSE:DSX

2 – JA Solar Holdings – NYSE:JASO

1 – DryShips – NASDAQ:DRYS

VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) and its subsidiaries provide virtualization solutions worldwide. Its virtualization solutions separate the operating system and application software from the underlying hardware to achieve improvements in efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability.

* VMware shares returned to shareholders Tuesday what it took on Monday, when Oracle appeared to be gearing up a competitive threat. Shares were up $10.44 to $90.80, reassured by a bullish Citigroup analyst report. Brent Thill wrote that Oracle's virtualization software, announced Monday, "does not affect VMW's position as the de facto standard in server virtualization." VMware is an investment banking client of Citigroup. VMW closed down 8.5% Monday and gained back $10.32 or 12.84% to $90.68 on Tuesday.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., (NYSE:LDK) through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells multicrystalline solar wafers to the manufacturers of solar cells and solar modules in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It offers multicrystalline solar wafers between 180 and 240 microns in thickness.

* LDK Solar ADS topped the list of Biggest Percentage Price Decliners on the New York Stock Exchange at midday on Tuesday. Shares of LDK plunged $3.50 or 10.04% to $31.35 on the NYSE.

Diana Shipping, Inc., (NYSE:DSX) through its subsidiaries, engages in the ocean transportation of dry bulk cargoes worldwide. Its fleet consists of dry bulk carriers that transport iron ore, coal, grain, and other dry cargoes along worldwide shipping routes.

* Shipping company Diana Shipping said Tuesday it took delivery of a new $110 million dry-bulk carrier that it will charter to a division of Australian miner BHP Billiton for about four years. The contract is expected to generate gross revenue of $75 million, or $93 million if extended for a fifth year. A day earlier the drybulk shipper announced that it entered into a time charter contract with Jiangsu Shagang Group. Shares of DSX gave up 10% Monday, and on Tuesday surged $5.21 or 18.58% to $33.25.

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ( NASDAQ:JASO) through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells solar cells primarily in the People's Republic of China. It offers mono-crystalline solar cells. The company sells its products primarily through a team of sales and marketing personnel to solar module manufacturers, who assemble and integrate its solar cells into modules and systems that convert sunlight into electricity.

* Solar stocks were dim Monday after the industry's trade group posted an alert on its Web site Friday noting that Congress may leave renewable initiatives out of a long-awaited energy bill. Shares of JA Solar plunged 11% Monday and were down 22% Friday after the solar-cell maker reported a surge in third-quarter profit a day earlier and lifted its outlook for 2007 and 2008. JA Solar shares gained $1.45 or 2.98% in Tuesday's session.

DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS) engages in the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers worldwide. The company's fleet carries various drybulk commodities, including coal, iron ore, and grains, bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, and steel products. As of May 30, 2007, it owned and operated a fleet of 35 drybulk carriers comprising 5 Capesize, 25 Panamax, 3 Handymax, and 2 new building Panamax vessels with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 2.9 million.

* On Tuesday DryShips announced that it has entered into short-term charters for two of its Capesize and one of its Panamax vessels with first class charterers. On Monday the company said it will hold a special shareholder meeting to approve an amendment that would allow for a 3-for-1 stock split. The stock split, if approved, would be in the form of a dividend. Shares of DryShips fell 14% Monday, and gained back $14.61 or 17.43% Tuesday.

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