LocateStock.com Daily High Five For Friday December 14, 2007

Jersey City, NJ – December 14, 2007

The LocateStock.com HIGH FIVE for Friday, December 14^th are:

5 – VMware – NYSE:VMW

4 – First Marblehead – NYSE:FMD

3 – LDK Solar – NYSE:LDK

2 – Dendreon – NASDAQ:DNDN

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 was down as much as 7% Thursday, 12/13, after rival Microsoft said it has started testing its server virtualization technology with customers. Shares of VMW closed down $3.23 or 3.26% to $96.00 Thursday.

The First Marblehead Corporation (NYSE:FMD) provides outsourcing services for private education lending in the United States. It offers an integrated suite of design, implementation, and securitization services, including design and marketing, borrower inquiry and application, loan origination and disbursement, and loan securitization services, as well as loan servicing for student loan programs are tailored to meet the needs of the respective customers, students, employees, and members of national and regional financial institutions, and educational institutions, as well as businesses and other enterprises.

* Shares of First Marblehead slipped on Friday, 12/7, after the student lender slashed its dividend by more than half to 12 cents a share, having decided not to securitize new loans in the current quarter. The company also said it's "exploring non-securitization and securitization alternatives for future quarters," suggesting that the suspension could last beyond that. Shares plunged a total of 41% last week, and set a new 52-week low on Wednesday, 12/12, on news of SLM losing its $25 billion buyout deal with J.C. Flowers. FMD shares lost 52 cents 3.54% Thursday after hitting a new low of $13.42.

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.

* Chinese-based solar wafer maker LDK Solar is not planning any refinancing in the short-term, its Chief Executive Peng Xiaofeng told Reuters on Tuesday, 12/11. A day earlier, LDK soared 29% after the China-based company struck a 10-year supply contract with a German solar-cell manufacturer. Shares lost 3% Tuesday, pared those losses Wednesday, and then lost $1.82 or 3.08% on Thursday, 12/13.

Dendreon, Corp. (NASDAQ:DNDN) a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics that harness the immune system to fight cancer. Its product portfolio includes active cellular immunotherapy, monoclonal antibody, and small molecule product candidates to treat various cancers.

* Dendreon shares surged on Thursday, 12/13, after three members of Congress asked for an investigation of a Food and Drug Administration panel's vote against the pharmaceutical company's prostate cancer drug. Shares of DNDN soared $1.34 or 23.76% to $6.98.

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 newbuilding Panamax vessels with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 2.9 million.

* According to a company press release on Wednesday, 12/12 George Economou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DryShips was featured on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 in an interview with David Andelman, Executive Editor of Forbes.com. Mr. Economou spoke on the fundamentals of the dry bulk industry and the global economy. The interview is accessible through DryShips' corporate website at www.dryships.com in the Investor Relations section where it will remain archived. It is also accessible through www.capitallinkshipping.com. Shares of DRYS had an up and down week with shares losing $2.30 or 2.60% to $86.00 Thursday.

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