George Soros Buys Transocean Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Union Pacific Corp., Sells Griffon Corp., Sotheby's Holdings Inc., Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.

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Aug 16, 2007
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Billionaire investor George Soros's fund has high turnovers. He reshuffled his portfolio again during the second quarter, with about 50% of new stocks. These are the details of the buys and sells.


George Soros buys Transocean Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Ultrapetrol (bahamas) Ltd., Pride International Inc., Conocophillips, Freeport-mcmoran Copper & Gold, Inverness Medical Innovations, Semiconductor Holdrs, Texas Instruments Inc., Ishares Msci Ex Jap, Select Sector Spdr-technology, Tyco Electronics, Autodesk Inc., Encana Corporation Common Shares, Ishares Lehman 20 Yr, Ciena Corp., Shaw Group Inc., Brooks Automation Inc., General Electric Co., Fair Isaac Corp., Sina Corp., Baidu.com, Inc., Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. Nv, Ishare Spsc600bargro, Mcdermott International Inc., Teradyne Inc., Mastercard Incorporated Class A Common Stock, Omnivision Technologies Inc., Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., China Medical Technologies Inc, Advance Auto Parts Inc., Ishares Russell Growth Index Fd, Quest Diagnostics Inc., Ishares Russell 1000 Gwth Index Fd, Ishare Sp500 Bar/gro, Idex Corp., J. Crew Group, Inc. Common Stock, Analog Devices Inc., Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (wi), Bausch & Lomb Inc., Cirrus Logic Inc., Computer Associates Internatio, Silicon Image Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Mercury Computer Systems Inc., Home Depot Inc., Lg Philips Lcd Co. Ltd., Au Optronics Corp., Turbochef Technologies Inc., United Microelectronics Corp., Hilton Hotels Corp., Advanced Medical Optics Inc., Saic Inc, Ldk Solar Co Adr, Broadridge Fin Sol, Kraft Foods Inc., Exxonmobil Corp., Carnival Corp., Starent Networks, Corp., Spectrum Brands, Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Blue Nile Inc., Goldcorp Inc., Imperial Sugar Co., American International Group, Northrop Grumman Corp., Jp Morgan Chase & Co., Bank Of America Corp. (de), Hain Celestial Group Inc., Unitedhealth Group Inc., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Pepsico Inc., Cavium Networks, Inc., Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc., Ruddick Corp., Treehouse Foods Inc., Dow Chemical Co., Dryships Inc., Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Chiquita Brands International, Amgen Inc., Chemtura Corporation, Universal Corp., Cott Corp., Briggs & Stratton Corp., Bunge Ltd., Corinthian Colleges Inc., Amsurg Corp., Centex Corp., Constellation Energy Group Inc, BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Building Materials##, California Pizza Kitchen Inc., Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cross Country Healthcare Inc., Progressive Gaming Internation, Cooper Companies Inc., Columbia Sportswear Co., Crane Co., Applera Corp-celera Genomics G, Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Ao Smith Corp., Ameron International Corp., Alcoa Inc., Bowater Inc., Bristol-myers Squibb Co., Accuride Corp., Cf Industries Holdings Inc., Ambassadors International Inc., Aquantive Inc., Allstate Corp., Armor Holdings Inc., Amerigroup Corp., Gentex Corp., International Business Machine, Dominion Resources Inc., Equifax Inc., Sensient Technologies Corp., Tecumseh Products Co., Invacare Corp., Mueller Water Products, Inc. Series A Common Stock, Pier 1 Imports Inc., Alpharma Inc., Cardinal Health Inc., Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., Abbott Laboratories, Belden Cdt Inc., Brillian Corp., Eddie Bauer Hldgs, Endurance Specialty Holdings L, Boston Properties Inc., Ashland Inc., Alcan Inc., Toll Brothers Inc., Lifepoint Hospitals Inc., Lundin Mining Corp, Louisiana-pacific Corp., Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., Genesis Healthcare Corp., Qlt Inc., Viasys Healthcare Inc., Vornado Realty Trust, Westinghouse Air Brake Technol, Winn-dixie Stores, Inc., Westlake Chemical Corp., Walter Industries Inc., Warner Music Group Inc., Wabash National Corp., Worthington Industries Inc., Transdigm Group Incorporated Common Stock, Pare Va, Supervalu Inc., Regal-beloit Corp., Rockwood Holdings Inc, Schlumberger Ltd., Slm Corp., Silver Wheaton Corp., Symmetry Medical Inc., Southern Co., Simon Property Group Inc., Stride Rite Corp., Warnaco Group Inc., Watts Water Technologies Inc., Wyeth, The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Common Stock, Merck & Co. Inc., Wachovia Corp., Novagold Resources, Inc, Medarex Inc., Fpl Group Inc., Home Solutions Of America, Inc., Avnet Inc., Google Inc., Topps Co. Inc., Pathmark Stores Inc., Wyndham Worldwide, Gatx Corp., Urs Corp., National Semiconductor Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Quanex Corp., Chevron Corp., Ixys Corporation, Pulte Homes Inc., Salesforce.com, Public Storage Inc., Drs Technologies Inc., Graco Inc., General Growth Properties Inc., Meadwestvaco Corp., Infrasource Services Inc., Isle Of Capri Casinos Inc., Kinross Gold Corp., Kindred Healthcare Inc., K2 Inc., Lancaster Colony Corp., The Travelers Companies Inc Common Stock, Greif Inc., Greatbatch, Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Devry Inc., Equity Residential, Esterline Technologies Corp., Entergy Corp., Fannie Mae, Federal Signal Corp., Hb Fuller Co., Dr Horton Inc., Leggett & Platt Inc., Lennar Corp., Ohio Casualty Corp., Performance Food Group Co., Perini Corp., Mannkind Corp., Vail Resorts Inc., Minerals Technologies Inc., Nash Finch Co., Mcclatchy Co., Wild Oats Markets Inc., Prologis, Mueller Industries Inc., Medcath Corp., Liz Claiborne Inc., L-3 Communications Holdings In, Eli Lilly & Co., Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Martek Biosciences Corp., Matria Healthcare Inc., Medtronic Inc., Lsi Logic Corp., Applied Materials Inc., Tlc Vision Corp., Applera Corp-applied Biosystem, Sybase, Inc., Neurocrine Biosciences Inc., Northern Orion Resources Inc, Tibco Software Inc., Leapfrog Enterprises Inc., Cerus Corp., sells Griffon Corp., Sotheby's Holdings Inc., Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., Bebe Stores, Inc., Bigband Networks, Inc., Bare Escentuals, Inc., Actuant Corp., Alltel Corp., On Assignment Inc., Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Aeropostale Inc., Alliance One International, In, Adtran Inc., Affiliated Computer Services I, Dsw Inc., Amrep Corp., Andrew Corp., Msc Software Cp, Bank Of New York Co. Inc., Cabela's Inc., Greenbrier Companies, Fuel Tech Nv, 1-800-flowers.com Inc., First Data Corp., Eagle Materials Inc., Edo Corp., Dress Barn Inc., Daktronics Inc., Dade Behring Holdings Inc., Coldwater Creek Inc., Crocs, Inc., Cepheid, Cumberland Res Ltd, C&d Technologies Inc., Calgon Carbon Corp., Christopher & Banks Corp., Calamp Corp., Jamba, Inc., Marriott International Inc., Aflac Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Cemex Sa De Cv, Eldorado Gold Corp, Delta & Pine Land Co., Tractor Supply Co., Jos. A Bank Clothiers Inc., Vista Gold Corp., Micron Technology Inc., Sigma Designs Inc., Children's Place Retail Stores, Plx Technology Inc., Palm, Inc., Mcgraw-hill Companies Inc., Usana Health Sciences Inc., Build-a-bear Workshop Inc., American Woodmark Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Us Airways Group, Inc. Common Stock, Par Value $0., Layne Christensen Co., Rock-tenn Co., Payless Shoesource Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Neenah Paper Inc., Novell Inc., Newmarket Corp., Nordson Corp., Northern Dynasty Mnl, Petmed Express Inc., Cascade Corp., Brocade Communications Systems, Cleveland-cliffs Inc., Colgate-palmolive Co., Chaparral Steel Company, Big Lots Inc, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Georgia Gulf Corp., First Consulting Group Inc., Wet Seal Inc., Vishay Intertechnology Inc., Vistaprint Limited - Common Stock, Valentis Inc., United Natural Foods Inc., Under Armour Inc, Tuesday Morning Corp., Trident Microsystems Inc., Triad Hospitals Inc., Tempur Pedic International Inc, Tjx Companies Inc., Synagro Technologies Inc., Skyworks Solutions Inc., Stamps.com Inc., Silver Standard Resources Inc., Staples Inc., Standard Pacific Corp., Xlf, Zumiez, Inc., Casual Male Retail Group Inc., Chattem Inc., Walt Disney Co., Foot Locker Inc., Century Aluminum Co., Pan American Silver Corp., Compuware Corp., Aaron Rents Inc., Us Concrete Inc., Nutrisystem Inc., Panera Bread Co., Lee Enterprises Inc., Pantry Inc., Opsware Inc., Comcast Corp., Network Appliance Inc., Charlotte Russe Holding Inc., Stein Mart Inc., Silgan Holdings Inc., Life Time Fitness Inc., Kroger Co., Kenexa Corp., Keystone Automotive Industries, Nordstrom Inc., Juniper Networks, Inc, Jc Penney Co. Inc., Jack In The Box Inc., Innerworkings, Inc., Hospira Inc., Hercules Inc., Hot Topic Inc., Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. - American Depo, Hecla Mining Co., Hartford Financial Services Gr, Gymboree Corp., Gevity Hr Inc., Lsi Industries Inc., Mobile Telesystems Ojsc, Retail Ventures Inc., Rti International Metals Inc., Restoration Hardware Inc., Rent-a-center Inc., Freightcar America Inc., Power-one Inc., Phillips-van Heusen Corp., Pacific Sunwear Of California, Polyone Corp., Priceline.com Inc., New York & Company Inc., Nymex Holdings, Inc., Netflix, Inc., Men's Wearhouse Inc., Motorola Inc., Mirant Corporation Common Stock, Moody's Corp., Guitar Center Inc. during the 3-months ended 06/30/2007, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Soros Fund Management LLC. George Soros owns 464 stocks with a total value of $3.2 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.





New Purchases: AA, AAP, ABI, ABT, ACW, ADI, ADSK, AGP, AHL, AIG, AL, ALL, ALO, AMAT, AMGN, AMIE, AMN, AMSG, ANPI, AOS, APD, ASH, AUO, AVT, BAC, BDC, BG, BGG, BIDU, BJ, BLG, BMY, BOL, BOW, BR, BRKS, BRLC, BXP, CA, CAH, CAVM, CBI, CCL, CCRN, CEG, CEM, CERS, CF, CIEN, CMED, COCO, COLM, COO, COP, COST, COT, CPKI, CQB, CR, CRA, CRM, CRUS, CTX, CVX, D, DGX, DHI, DOW, DRS, DRYS, DUK, DV, EBHI, ECA, EFX, ENH, EPP, EQR, ESL, ETR, EYE, FCX, FDP, FIC, FNM, FPL, FSS, FUL, GB, GE, GEF, GG, GGG, GGP, GMT, GNTX, GOOG, GT, HAIN, HD, HLT, HSOA, IBM, IEX, IFS, IJT, IMA, IPSU, ISLE, IVC, IVW, IWF, IWP, IXYS, JCG, JNJ, JPM, KCP, KFT, KGC, KND, LANC, LDK, LEG, LEH, LEN, LF, LIZ, LLL, LLY, LMC, LPL, LPNT, LPX, LSI, MA, MATK, MATR, MDR, MDT, MDTH, MEDX, MER, MI, MLI, MNI, MNKD, MRCY, MRK, MTN, MTX, MWA, MWV, NAFC, NBIX, NG, NILE, NOC, NSM, NTO, NX, OATS, OCAS, OVEN, OVTI, PCR, PDE, PEP, PFGC, PGIC, PHM, PIR, PLD, PPC, PSA, PTMK, QLTI, RBC, RCL, RDK, RIG, RL, ROC, RRGB, SAI, SGR, SIMG, SINA, SIRO, SLB, SLM, SLW, SMA, SMH, SO, SPC, SPG, SRR, STAR, SVU, SXT, SY, TDG, TECUA, TER, THG, THS, TIBX, TLCV, TLT, TOL, TOPP, TRV, TXN, TYC, ULTR, UMC, UNH, URS, UVV, VNO, WAB, WB, WFC, WINN, WLK, WLT, WMG, WNC, WOR, WRNC, WTS, WYE, WYN, XLK, XOM,


Added Positions: BEAS, BIVN, CSCO, DTV, EXTR, IBN, LSCC, MCD, MNST, NKE, ORCL, PBR, PDLI, TAM, TKLC, TXCC, UNP, VECO, VIV, WIND, YUM, CTRN,


Reduced Positions: ADM, AMCC, BBY, CEPH, COH, CVS, IRF, LCAPA, LINTA, LRCX, SPY, SYMC, WAG, WY, YHOO,


Sold Out: ACS, ADTN, AFL, AMWD, AMZN, ANDW, ANF, AOI, ARO, ARXT, ASGN, AT, ATU, AXR, BARE, BBBY, BBI, BBND, BBW, BEBE, BECN, BID, BIG, BK, BRCD, CAB, CAE, CAMP, CBK, CCC, CENX, CHAP, CHIC, CHP, CHTT, CL, CLF, CMCSA, CMRG, CPHD, CPWR, CROX, CWTR, CX, DADE, DAKT, DBRN, DIS, DSW, EDO, EGO, EXP, FCGI, FDC, FL, FLWS, FTEK, GBX, GFF, GGC, GTRC, GVHR, GYMB, HIG, HL, HMIN, HOTT, HPC, HSP, INWK, JBX, JCP, JMBA, JNPR, JOSB, JWN, KEYS, KNXA, KR, LAYN, LCC, LEE, LTM, LYTS, MAR, MBT, MCO, MHP, MIR, MOT, MSCS, MU, MW, NAK, NDSN, NEU, NFLX, NMX, NOVL, NP, NTAP, NTRI, NWY, OPSW, PAAS, PALM, PCLN, PETS, PLCE, PLXT, PNRA, POL, PSS, PSUN, PTRY, PVH, PWER, RAIL, RCII, RKT, RMIX, RNT, RSTO, RTI, RVI, SBGI, SIGM, SLGN, SMRT, SPF, SPLS, SSRI, STMP, SWKS, TJX, TPX, TRID, TSCO, TUES, UA, UNFI, USNA, VGZ, VPRT, VSH, WTSLA, XLF, ZUMZ,