evergreen solar inc

Tree.com (Nasdaq: TREE) 31% HIGHER; to sell some assets to Discover (NYSE: DFS) for $55.9 million. Reported Q1 EPS of ($3.63), $3.34 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.29).

Revenue for the quarter came in at $33.4 million versus the consensus estimate of $50.71 million. Tree reported a loss of $0.56 per share last year.

Astea International, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATEA) 31% HIGHER; reported Q1 EPS of $0.13, versus ($0.33) reported last year.

Revenue for the quarter came in at $6.96 million, versus $4.69 million reported last year.

UPGRADES: JP Morgan upgrades Evergreen Solar Inc.

(Nasdaq: ESLR) from Underweight to Overweight and raises their price target to $5. Thomas Weisel upgrades EXFO Electro-Optical (Nasdaq: EXFO) from Marketweight to Overweight.

Price target $4.

Hiring is underway at Evergreen Solar Inc.'s new $55 million plant in Midland, which will make silicon components for solar panels.