Losers Preview: AFFY, CTL, WIN, WFM

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/14/2013 -- Affymax, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFY) shares fell 9.25% to $15.35. The Company is under heavy pressure after disclosing that on February 13, 2013, Fresenius Medical Care North America communicated that it has accumulated experience with OMONTYS® (peginesatide) Injection in more than 56,600 administrations in over 18,000 patients in its dialysis facilities and that it will pause further expansion of the OMONTYS pilot that began in late July 2012. FMCNA has indicated that it will analyze the full set of efficacy and safety profile information and that the current scale of their experience with use of OMONTYS is adequate to complete this analysis.

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CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) falling 20.30 percent to $33.22. CTL reported Q4 EPS of $0.67, in-line with the analyst estimate of $0.67. Revenue for the quarter came in at $4.58 billion versus the consensus estimate of $4.58 billion. CenturyLink sees FY2013 EPS of $0.67-0.72, versus the consensus of $0.66. CenturyLink sees FY2013 revenue of $4.46-4.51 billion, versus the consensus of $4.55 billion. CenturyLink sees FY2013 EPS of $2.50-2.70, versus the consensus of $2.64. CenturyLink sees FY2013 revenue of $18.1-18.3 billion, versus the consensus of $18.22 billion. CenturyLink, Inc. said it board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to an aggregate $2.0 billion of the company's outstanding common stock. In connection with the new repurchase program, the board also indicated its intention to revise the company's quarterly dividend rate to $0.54 from $0.725 per share. The board expects to approve this new rate at its next regularly-scheduled meeting on February 26, 2013, with the change effective with the March 2013 quarterly dividend payment.

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Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ:WIN) shares declined 7.77% to $9.05 in the morning hour. The company, on Feb. 6, announced today the final settlement of its previously announced tender offer and solicitation of consents for any and all of the outstanding 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”) issued by PAETEC Holding Corp. (“PAETEC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The tender offer expired at midnight, New York City time, on February 5, 2013 (the “Expiration Date”).

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Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) declined 8.7% or $8.52 to $88.39 after the grocery retailer reported sale in the first quarter ending on January 20 jumped 14% to $3.86 billion from $3.39 billion in the same period of last year. Comparable store sales increased 7.2%.

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