Pre-Market Gappers

Gapping Up

UVN +6.5% (accepts $12.3 bln Saban bid), TRB +6.2% (to buy back 45 mln shares), ESCL +7.7% (note, light volume of 6,000 shares), EXP +6.6% (guides higher), IDIX +6.4%, USEY +6% (momentum), STKL +5.8% (announces deal to expand distribution), XING +4.8% (attributed to report that co's parent plans to enter mobile phone chip R&D; also, co is expected to provide updated data), RBNC +22% (announces merger), PALM +3.9% (RBC upgrade and takeover chatter), BIDU +3.5% (NY Global Securities positive on BIDU; expects big EPS upside), UCO +2.9% (files for IPO of its Universal Compression Partners unit), OMNI +2.3%, LRCX +2% (UBS upgrade), GM +1.8% (announces higher than expected number of employees accepting early retirement offers), NTRI +1.5% (positive TWP comments), HGSI +1.4%, E +1%, INTC +1% (MRVL to buy processor unit)... Under $3: DSCO +22% (sees manufacturing improvements).