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Chicago, IL – November 6, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel Corporation (INTC), Dell Inc. (DELL), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ).

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Here are highlights from Thursday’s AnalystBlog:

Cisco Beats, Guides Up

Cisco Systems’ (CSCO) first quarter 2010 earnings beat the Zacks consensus by 13 cents. Revenue beat by 3.1%. Both revenue and EPS were significantly better than the guided range.

Revenue of $9.02 billion was up 5.7% sequentially and down 12.7% year over year.

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The $6.0 billion payment made by the world's largest chip maker Intel Corporation (INTC) over a five year period through January 2007 to its largest customer Dell Inc. (DELL) -- under programs initially titled 'MOAP' (Mother of all Programs) and then 'MCP’ (Meet Competition Payments) -- has backfired on Intel. This is the basis on which an antitrust lawsuit filed recently by the New York attorney general alleging a long business relationship between Intel and Dell. Andrew M. Cuomo filed a federal lawsuit against Intel, accusing the largest chip maker of paying computer makers illegal rebates for maintaining its monopoly and preventing another chip maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), from gaining business with PC makers. This is not the only allegation that has been filed against Intel. In a similar case earlier this year, the European ...

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Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) has launched its mobile check cashing program. The introduction of this service will offer those that are currently using check cashing facilities a much more convenient way to cash their payroll checks. After two years of development with its partners, Consorteum has now proceeded to the pilot phase of its check cashing program in the Toronto, Ontario region. The first stage of the pilot implementation will be the deployment of this new service on

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Future sustainable growth of Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) is all set to come from its state-of-the-art next-generation Snapdragon technology platform. A major initiative of Qualcomm is the convergence of mobile computing with its Snapdragon solutions. These chipsets have been designed for pocket-sized portable computing devices.  This platform enables phone manufacturers to develop high-speed and more power efficient smart-phones and smart-books. We believe diversification into the mobile computing market was necessary for Qualcomm due to lukewarm growth of the company’s ordinary mobile phone chipset market. Massive growth of smart-phones may make up for these losses.  As of now, over 15 mobile device manufacturers are developing more than 30 Snapdragon-based products. Several leading software developers have started writing applications for mobile operating system, multimedia player, social networking, and productivity development tools based on the Snapdragon platform.  Acer Inc, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and LG Electronics Inc are the ...

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) is a cyclical company.  That is, its stock does extremely well when the economy is ready to accelerate, and does poorly when the economy decelerates.  So it’s no wonder that last year the stock fell more than 50% from the record-high of $27.78 a share it reached December 2007. However, the company has rallied more than 50% from its Feb. 23 low of $12.08 a share. It closed Friday at $19.64. So, what’s next?

For starters, Intel beat second-quarter earnings estimates by 10 cents a share, as its revenue climbed 12% year-over-year to $8 billion.  Beating earnings estimates is important, but beating on the top line and showing sales growth is even more important in a recession. The reason: It shows that you can do well in spite of a weak economy.

Like most chip stocks, Intel is an economic leading indicator of sorts –

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Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) is all set to start selling chipsets for smart-books from the next quarter onward. The company is the largest developer of digital mobile chipsets based on CDMA wireless technology. This new venture into the smart-book market will be a vertical diversification for the company. A smart-book is a pocket digital assistant (PDA) that functions like a mobile phone but resembles a small-size notebook with full keyboards. The chipset market for computer is primarily dominated by Intel Inc (INTC). Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) and Texas Instruments Inc (TXN) are other major players. Qualcomm has developed smart-book chipsets based on its state-of-the-art Snapdragon platform technology. A path-breaking initiative of the company is the convergence of mobile computing with the next-generation Snapdragon platform. These chipsets have been designed for pocket-sized portable computing devices. Using Snapdragon chipsets, the consumers will no ...

Temasek Holdings Pte, an investment fund controlled by the Singapore government, may be considering a proposal to offload its 60%+ stake in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (CHRT). An Abu Dhabi government controlled Fund, referred to as Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC), has offered SGD2.50 per share, or roughly SGD2.35 billion for the entire holding. This amounts to USD1.62 billion according to the SGD-to-USD conversion rate on June 29, 2009.

The offer is shrouded in mystery at the moment, with Chartered management appearing noncommittal and ATIC unavailable for comment. We are reminded of ATIC's earlier investment in Globalfoundries, where it joined hands with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) to enter the semiconductor manufacturing space for the first time. With most foundries reeling under the effect of the recession and some market consolidation underway, this is a good time for ATIC to go shopping. Further, Globalfoundries currently has a

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Highlights include Intel Corp. (INTC), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Motorola, Inc. (MOT), Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA), NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) and Broadcom Corp. (BRCM).Looking at Intel and AMD by Industry PositionIntel Corp. (INTC) is by far the largest supplier of microprocessors, motherboards and chipsets in the world. The company benefited from its initial capture of market share, and built on this position through constant innovation and versatility. The market research group iSupply Corporation provides the following market share data.The company's dominant position in microprocessors comes from its leadership in the PC market. The first company that seriously challenged its position in this space was Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), with its more competitively priced offerings in the desktop and server areas....

We highlight Intel Corp. (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).IDC Sees Weak PC Numbers, But Feels Decline is SlowingIDC issued a press release today on the Worldwide PC Microprocessor market. Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments fell for the second quarter in a row. While the decline was slightly more than typically occurs between fourth quarter and first quarter, IDC did state it believes the decline is slowing.Looking at the numbers, unit shipments declined -10.9% from 4Q08 to 1Q09, as compared to -17.0% from 3Q08 to 4Q08. Unit shipments declined -13.0% year over year. Market revenue also declined -11% from 4Q09 to 1Q09, as compared to -18.0% from 3Q08 to 4Q08. Revenue declined -25.1% year over year.Market Share"In 1Q09 by form factor, Intel Corp. (INTC) earned 84.3% share in the mobile PC processor segment, a loss of -4.7%, ...

Highlights include Intersil Corporation (ISIL) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).Intersil Corporation (ISIL) is an OEM of analog and mixed signal semiconductor ICs. Management expressed confidence that the bottom is behind it, and judging from the increasing order rates and growing backlog, we are inclined to agree.The High Performance Analog market is a key reason we are bullish on the shares.The basics of operating in the high-performance analog market include consistent introduction of new and innovative products that offer something more than that currently available in the market. The degree of innovation drives ASPs and margins for analog companies, and also serves as a general indicator of the life of the products. Intersil recently introduced several new products into the high-end consumer market.The new high frequency synchronous buck regulator is designed to power transmission power amps in cell phones. ...