On November 13, 2007, StarMine's Earnings Surprise Forecast highlighted 11 companies with a high probability of reporting an earnings surprise. Using StarMine SmartEstimates as our guide, we accurately predicted the surprise direction in 11 out of 11.

000830 KS: Samsung Corp.(P)   Predicted Surprise: 18.6% Mean Estimate: KRW574.5  StarMine SmartEstimate: KRW681.2  Actual: KRW686.0  005830 KS: Dongbu Insurance Co Ltd   Predicted Surprise: 15.8% Mean Estimate: KRW3,214.3  StarMine SmartEstimate: KRW3,722.4  Actual: KRW4,284.0  388 HK: Hong Kong Exchanges & Clear   Predicted Surprise: 12.7% Mean Estimate: HK$4.468  StarMine SmartEstimate: HK$5.035  Actual: HK$5.780  NOL SP: Neptune Orient Lines   Predicted Surprise: 10.6% Mean Estimate: $0.271  StarMine SmartEstimate: $0.300  Actual: $0.360  992 HK: Lenovo Group Ltd   Predicted Surprise: 9.7% Mean Estimate: HK$0.291  StarMine SmartEstimate: HK$0.320  Actual: HK$0.412  2432 JP: Dena Co Ltd   Predicted Surprise: 9.0% Mean Estimate: ¥2.72  StarMine SmartEstimate: ¥2.97  Actual: ¥3.90