LocateStock.com Daily High Five For Friday February 1, 2008

Jersey City, NJ – February 1, 2008

The LocateStock.com HIGH FIVE for Friday, February 1^st are:

5 – IHOP – NYSE:IHP

4 – Alliance Data Systems – NYSE:ADS

3 – Ambac – NYSE:ABK

2 – MBIA – NYSE:MBI

1 – Arthrocare – NASDAQ:ARTC

IHOP Corp. (NYSE:IHP) and its subsidiaries develop, franchise, and operate International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurants in the United States and Canada. Its family restaurants feature table service, and food and beverage items.

* On Thursday IHOP announced they will have their fourth-quarter earnings call tomorrow at 11:00 am Eastern. Shares of IHOP surged $5.55 or 11.64% to $53.24 after losing 2% the previous day.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, (NYSE:ADS) together with its subsidiaries, provides transaction, marketing, and credit services in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Its transaction services consist of card processing, billing and payment processing, and customer care; customer information system hosting; and merchant bankcard services.

* Shares of Alliance Data Systems climbed in pre-market electronic trading Thursday after the company reported solid fourth-quarter results and gave a 2008 profit forecast that met Wall Street expectations, leading to a slew of analyst upgrades. Alliance's profit shrank 14 percent for the quarter due to higher expenses, but the results met the estimates of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial. At least five analysts upgraded the stock to the equivalent of "Buy" on Thursday. While Blackstone said Monday that it did not expect to buy Alliance, Robert W. Baird analyst Mark Bacurin said he thinks there is a 50 percent chance the deal will go through. Shares of ADS gained $7.87 or 18.43% to $50.57 after losing 35% earlier in the week on news of the Blackstone takeover fallout.

Ambac Financial Group, Inc., (NYSE:ABK) through its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantee products and other financial services to clients in the public and private sectors worldwide. It operates in two segments: Financial Guarantee and Financial Services.

* Ambac Financial bounced higher on MBIA news that the bond insurer has more than $1 billion to stay afloat. Shares of ABK were up 74 cents or 6.82% to $11.59 after losing almost 20% this week, and rising 86% last week.

MBIA, Inc., (NYSE:MBI) through its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantee insurance and credit protection products, as well as investment management services to public finance and structured finance issuers and investors, and capital market participants worldwide. It operates through two segments, Insurance and Investment Management Services.

* MBIA eventually fought its way into the green on Thursday after saying in a conference call that it has enough cash to stay afloat -- more than $1.3 billion, all told, according to MarketWatch -- despite the currently harrowing market conditions. Earlier, shares had tumbled after MBIA revealed it took a fourth-quarter loss of $2.3 billion, or $18.61 a share thanks to risky investments in second-lien mortgages and collateralized debt obligations squared (CDOs backed by other CDOs). That reverses a year-ago profit of $1.32 a share. Regardless, MBIA stock ended the day up $1.54 or 11.03% to $15.50. Shares added 66% the previous week.

ArthroCare Corporation (NASDAQ:ARTC) engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for use in soft-tissue surgery primarily in the United States and internationally. Its products are based on the patented soft-tissue surgical controlled ablation technology.

* Shares of Arthrocare were up 1.09% Thursday on no news. Shares are up more than 5% so far this week. ARTC gained 43 cents to $40.03 on Thursday. The stock closed down 22% last week.

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