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SPOTLIGHT

Despite some ups and downs, Cree's share price nearly doubled in 12 months, aided in late January by a strong earnings report.

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HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS P/E 12/28/07 52-week Company ratio (3) price range R.H. Donnelley 305.7 $27.51 $22.90-84.49 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 54.5 37.09 32.32-44.43 Cree 49.4 30.13 15.27-34.87 Tekelec 49.3 10.84 10.12-16.29 Red Hat 48.5 17.95 16.82-25.25 Pozen 44.5 12.01 8.29-19.75 Highwoods Properties 36.1 28.85 25.34-47.36 PPD 31.6 43.65 30.52-49.39 MedCath 28.9 23.14 21.40-34.61 Cardinal State Bank 28.3 15.00 10.73-17.05 LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS RF Micro Devices 5.3 $3.06 $2.80-8.60 Trimeris 6.4 6.71 5.34-13.85 Insteel Industries 7.2 8.98 7.36-23.09 Sonic Automotive 7.5 18.78 15.82-33.10 Salix Pharmaceuticals 7.9 6.66 6.42-16.38 Wachovia 8.2 36.48 28.41-58.80 Bank of America 9.0 39.48 33.12-54.21 Carlisle 9.0 30.34 29.01-51.57 Air T 9.1 9.25 7.52-11.40 Peoples Bancorp of N.C. 9.1 14.00 13.44-29.95 3-month 52-week 52-week Company change (4) change range TOP 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Old Dominion Freight Line 13.5% (2.7)% $20.31-33.78 Cree 13.4 91.1 15.27-34.87 The Pantry 8.0 (42.5) 23.99-51.57 SPX 7.1 45.6 64.90-110.00 Laboratory Corp. of America 5.7 2.9 63.13-82.32 PPD 3.8 23.1 30.52-49.39 Reynolds American 2.9 (0.1) 58.55-72.00 Waste Industries USA 0.6 35.2 24.24-36.75 Ruddick (2.0) 18.0 26.44-38.03 Piedmont Natural Gas (4.4) (6.5) 22.00-27.98 TOP 10 SMALL-CAP STOCKS Pozen 28.6% (26.3)% $8.29-19.75 Kewaunee Scientific 15.9 86.7 9.57-20.73 PowerSecure Intl. 11.6 (8.5) 10.34-16.35 Xerium Technologies 4.4 (54.5) 3.29-11.03 Carolina Bank Holdings 3.8 (31.5) 9.73-16.50 Bank of the Carolinas 2.0 (23.0)...