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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: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (DTV), AT&T (T), Comcast Corporation (CMCSA), Dish Network Corp. (DISH) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC).

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Here are highlights from Thursday’s AnalystBlog:

DIRECTV Falls Short of Estimates

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (DTV) reported revenues of $5.47 billion in the third quarter of 2009.

On a geographical basis, revenues from United States grew 9% to $4.7 billion due to solid subscriber and average revenue per unit (ARPU)

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XRA, Exeter Resource Corporation

XRA is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and development of gold and silver properties in South America.

XRA reported the discovery of a new high grade zone to the west of all previously known high grade mineralization on the Escondida vein at Cerro Moro, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

Results from 24 new diamond drill holes, 14 of which returned significant results, have been received from the new zone and the nearby Escondida Far West sector.

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PWRM, Power 3 Medical Products Inc, PWRM.OB

PWRM is a leading

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The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (DTV) reported revenues of $5.47 billion in the third quarter of 2009. On a geographical basis, revenues from United States grew 9% to $4.7 billion due to solid subscriber and average revenue per unit (ARPU) growth. The company added 136,000 net subscribers to its customer base in the United States primarily due to the addition of AT&T (T) as a marketing partner and record demand for company’s premium services. ARPU of $85.32 increased 2.1% as programming package price increases, as well as higher service fees for certain services, were partially offset by more competitive promotions for both new and existing customers. The company’s business in Latin America also demonstrated solid performance, posting a 16% increase in revenues and expanding its customer base to 162,000. This was driven by continued subscriber growth throughout the region, which more than offset the unfavorable impact ...

Ford Motor Company (F) returned to profitability in the third quarter of the year by posting a net income of $873 million or 26 cents per share, easily clearing the Zacks Consensus Estimate loss of 15 cents per share as well as the year-ago loss of 6 cents per share. This was, in fact, Ford's first operating profit since the first quarter of 2008. The company, which was on the verge of bankruptcy in the middle of the year, accredited its rebound to improved product line, inviolable structural cost reduction efforts and improved results at Ford Credit. Although revenue was down 2.5% to $30.9 billion, Automotive revenue rose $100 million to $27.9 billion from the year-ago level. This was attributed to favorable net pricing and higher volumes, primarily in North America, offset partially by unfavorable exchange. Total wholesale vehicles advanced 5% to 1,232,000 units....

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct. 30, 2009 (Marketwire) — Magma Energy Corp. (TSX:MXY) is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, Magma Energy (US) Corp. (”Magma”), has been awarded $10 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for two of its Nevada geothermal exploration properties, Soda Lake and McCoy. The grants will reimburse 50 – 80% of Magma’s planned innovative exploration expenditures on those properties over the next 24 months. At Soda Lake, Magma will apply new oil and gas technology to discover geothermal resources, and at McCoy, Magma will validate a combination of innovative exploration technologies in its search for a large geothermal reservoir on the property. The funding is part of $98.1 million allocated by the US Department of Energy under the Recovery Act for innovative geothermal exploration and drilling projects.

Dr. Frank Monastero, Magma’s President, said, “We are very pleased with this financial support through the

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Polymer Group, Inc. reports completion of its transaction to purchase a 40 percent minority stake in Dominion Nonwovens Sudamericana, S.A. (PGI Argentina) from its partner, Guillermo E. Kraves with terms of the transaction undisclosed.

PGI Argentina has been operating as a joint venture since 1997. The company is located near Buenos Aires, Argentina and began operations with multi-beam spunmelt lines which serve the hygiene and industrial markets of the Mercosur region. PGI then purchased a majority share of the business in 1999 with a focus on growing business in the Mercosur region as part of its overall hygiene leadership strategy in Latin America. In 2003, PGI added an extrusion line and most recently installed new wide-width, multi-beam line which features the latest spunbond technology and has a capacity of over 15,000 metric tonnes per year.

PGI’s chief executive officer, Veronica (Ronee) Hagen, commented on the purchase saying, “This investment is

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America Movil (AMX) reported results for third-quarter 2009 with earnings per ADS of 86 cents edging past the Zacks Consensus Estimates of 85 cents while increasing 22.6% from the year-ago earnings per ADS of 70 cents. Net profit surged 50.6% year over year to 18.7 billion pesos (US$1.4 billion) or 0.57 pesos per share. This healthy growth was fuelled by higher revenue and lower financing costs which fell 82.5% year over year due to gains stemming from favorable exchange rate swings.  Revenue & EBITDA Latin America’s largest wireless carrier continues to register a double-digit revenue growth as evident from the 16.9% year over year increase in consolidated revenue in the quarter to 99.8 billion pesos (US$7.5 billion), driven by 19.5% growth in service revenue. Revenue growth was supported by healthy business momentum across 3G wireless and broadband Internet businesses.  Consolidated EBITDA for the quarter was 40.4 ...

Waste management service provider Stericycle Inc. (SRCL) earned 55 cents in the third quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. Earnings were up about 24% year-over-year, while it improved 9% sequentially on higher revenues and margins.  Revenues showed an increase of 7.5% year over year to $46.5 million helped by recent acquisitions, which added $19.3 million in the quarter. Stericycle completed six acquisitions during the first nine months of this year, which included the recently acquired Healthcare Waste Solutions’ operations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, besides Omni Medical Waste in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Operating costs decreased to 52.7% of total sales in the quarter from 55.6% in the same period of the previous year following which gross profit expanded to $140.9 million from $123.0 million in the same quarter last year. As a percent of revenue, gross profit improved to 47.3% from 44.4% in the ...

Bemis Company, Inc. (BMS) reported third quarter earnings of 48 cents per share, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 39 cents and year-ago EPS of 43 cents. Earnings growth in the quarter was primarily driven by strong operating performance in the Flexible Packaging business, helped by improved sales mix and successful cost controls by the company. Quarterly sales dropped 8.7% year over year to $898.9 million. The second quarter acquisition of the South American rigid packaging operations of Huhtamaki Oyj contributed 1.9% to the third quarter sales. This was more than offset by a negative currency translation effect of 3.6%. The remaining 7.0% decline in sales came from lower volumes and selling prices, partially offset by improved sales mix. Sales in the Flexible Packaging segment were down 7.5% compared to last year, as positive contribution from acquisition and improved sales mix were more than offset by ...

Chile-based LAN Airlines S.A. (LFL) yesterday reported discouraging results for the third quarter 2009. Net income of US$52.1 million was 37.3% lower than  net income of US$83.0 million in the third quarter of 2008. Excluding non-operating extraordinary items recognized in the third quarter 2008, net income decreased 58.3%. Consolidated revenues declined 19.1%, driven mainly by lower yields in both the cargo and passenger businesses. This was partially offset by a 14.3% decline in operating expenses, driven mainly by lower fuel costs. Operating income reached US$92.4 million a 46.1% decrease compared to US$171.3 million in the same quarter of previous year. Operating margin reached 10.1%, compared to 15.1% in the same period of 2008. Third quarter 2009 results continued to be impacted by fuel hedging losses, although to a much lesser extent than in previous quarters. The fuel hedging loss during the quarter amounted to US$14.4 million ...