Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

3D Systems Corp (TDSC) 3M Co (MMM) 8x8 Inc (EGHT) Agilent Technologies Inc (A) American Apparel Inc (APP) American Express Co (AXP) Amerco Inc (UHAL) Ameriprise Financial Inc (AMP) Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc (ATNI) BT Group Plc (BT) Cavco Industries Inc (CVCO) Diamond Foods Inc (DMND) Expedia Inc (EXPE) HB Fuller Co (FUL) Gannett Co Inc (GCI) Genoptix Inc (GXDX) Green Mountain ...

BT Group Plc (BT) announced that it will transfer its consumer & small business broadband and voice customers to Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) and will also provide wholesale network services to Vodafone over a seven-year period.

BT Group’s aim is to become the leading provider of networked IT services to mid and large-sized businesses and the public sector in general in Ireland. Vodafone will become the number-two player in the fixed broadband market and enjoy a 15% market share of the fixed broadband market. The value of the gross assets that are the subject of this transaction was 4.8 million euros at the end of March 2009.

In all its business segments, BT Group has been transforming itself from being a traditional telecom operator to a innovative provider of telecom solutions, and it is now taking advantage of future growth prospects, as it moves away from traditional businesses and into

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BT Group Plc (BT) has announced a deal to market and deliver Microsoft (MSFT) online services to business customers. They will have access to integrated cloud computing and collaboration services. BT is the first telecom service provider to resell the Dedicated Business Productivity Online Suite to enterprise organizations. Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Communications Online and Microsoft Office Live Meeting will now become available to BT customers. The company plans to integrate Microsoft’s product suite into its 21CN network and facilitate a fully-loaded managed services platform featuring power, performance management, maintenance and software upgrades. This will ensure a higher quality of service and efficient network performance. The announcement extends a long-standing partnership between BT and Microsoft in selling and delivering business services and solutions to small-to-medium sized and enterprise customers. BT is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Cloud computing is a ...

BT Group Plc (BT) selected 69 locations in the East of England, London, Scotland, Wales and Yorkshire where it intends to roll out high-speed fiber broadband by the summer of 2010. The identified areas cover 1.5 million residential units.

The plan calls for a doubling of the originally targeted pace of deployment. It intends to provide broadband-related services to 10 million homes by 2012 with a capital expenditure of £1.5 billion (approximately $2 billion). BT will allow service providers to license its equipment on a wholesale basis to support the spirit of a competitive market.

Super-fast broadband can be delivered in a number of ways, with fiber, cable, copper wires, mobile, fixed wireless and satellite each having a role to play. A number of companies have already announced plans to invest in and roll out super-fast broadband in the UK over these networks. These include Virgin Media (VMED), which already

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Animal Health International Inc (AHII) Benihana Inc (BNHNA) BT Group Plc (BT) Carnival Plc (CUK) Cummins Inc (CMI) Delta Natural Gas Company Inc (DGAS) Dover Motorsports Inc (DVD) Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR) Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL) First Advantage Corp (FADV) First State Bancorp NM (FSNM) FirstEnergy Corp (FE) FirstService Corp (FSRV) Gerber Scientific Inc (GRB) GlobalOptions Group Inc (GLOI) HEICO Corp (HEI) ING Groep NV (ING) Limco-Piedmont Inc (LIMC) Lodgian Inc (LGN) Mack-Cali Realty Corp (CLI) Nalco Holding Co (NLC) National Retail Properties Inc (NNN) Pitney Bowes Inc (PBI) Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC) Pulte Homes Inc (PHM) RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL) Republic Airways Holdings ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Acergy SA (ACGY) Allstate Corp (ALL) AnnTaylor Stores Corp (ANN) Aon Corp (AON) Avery Dennison Corp (AVY) Santander BanCorp (SBP) BancTrust Financial Group Inc (BTFG) Benchmark Electronics Inc (BHE) BT Group Plc (BT) Capital Bank Corp (CBKN) Casual Male Retail Group Inc (CMRG) CBS Corp (CBS) China Security & Surveillance Tech Inc (CSR) Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc (CCO) Community Bancorp (CBON) Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) CRM Holdings Ltd (CRMH) Denison Mines Corp (DNN) Electronics For Imaging Inc (EFII) Encore Wire Corp (WIRE) Eurobancshares Inc (EUBK) FirstService Corp (FSRV) FNB United Corp (FNBN) Franklin Electric Co (FELE) Gladstone Capital Corp (GLAD) Haynes International Inc (HAYN) I-Flow Corp (IFLO) ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc (ANW) AeroVironment, Inc (AVAV) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Aon Corp (AON) Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc (AVRNQ) Benchmark Electronics, Inc (BHE) Boise Inc (BZ) BT Group Plc (BT) C&D Technologies, Inc (CHP) Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF) CLARCOR Inc (CLC) CoBiz Financial Inc (COBZ) Cousins Properties Inc (CUZ) CRH Plc (CRH) Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS) Dayton Superior Corp (DSUPQ) Doral Financial Corp (DRL) Eastman Kodak Co (EK) Echostar Corp (SATS) EMS Technologies, Inc (ELMG) Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (FDP) GenVec, Inc (GNVC) Helmerich & Payne, Inc (HP) HFF, Inc (HF) Hypercom Corp (HYC) Insteel Industries, Inc (IIIN) InterOil Corp (IOC) Keynote Systems, Inc ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Acergy SA (ACGY) BancorpSouth Inc (BXS) BlackRock Inc (BLK) BT Group Plc (BT) Eastman Chemical Co (EMN) FirstMerit Corp (FMER) FirstService Corp (FSRV) Kennametal Inc (KMT) Lazard Ltd (LAZ) Marriott International Inc (MAR) Meridian Bioscience Inc (VIVO) Navios Maritime Holdings Inc (NM) Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd (NAT) Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN) Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List.

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) created a $5.5 billion fund to purchase private-equity assets on the secondary market, Bloomberg reported. The GS Vintage Fund V - Goldman’s fifth private-equity-targeting fund - will acquire portfolios ranging from $1 million to $1 billion. Citing “current market conditions,” Current Media Inc., owner of youth-focused network Current TV, has withdrawn its plans for a $100 million initial public offering. “It’s ...

BT Group Plc (BT) reported 2Q09 results with in-line revenues and lower than expected earnings. The company is moving ahead with the expansion of its 21CN network. The company recently announced plans to invest £1.5 billion to make fiber-based, super-fast broadband available to as many as 10 million homes in the UK by 2012. BT Global continues to execute well, winning deals valued at £8.4 billion in the trailing-12-month period. The company has reported slightly lower EBITDA margins due lower EBITDA of Global Services while pricing pressure is causing traditional revenues to decline. Shares of BT are currently trading at 5.0x our 2009 earnings estimate of $4.14 after we have lowered our currency expectations for the British Pound against the US Dollar to $1.91 per £1, compared to our previous $2.05 per £1 expectation. We believe BT should trade at 5.25x our fiscal 2009 ...