For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – November 19, 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: Ford (F), CarMax (KMX), AutoNation (AN), Apartment Investors (AIV) and Equity Residential (EQR).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:

CPI Up on Cars, Energy

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October rose by 0.3%, a little bit hotter than the 0.2% that was expected. If one strips out volatile food and energy prices to get the core consumer price index, prices were up 0.2%, also one tick higher than the 0.1%

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October rose by 0.3%, a little bit hotter than the 0.2% that was expected. If one strips out volatile food and energy prices to get the core consumer price index, prices were up 0.2%, also one tick higher than the 0.1% expected. A rise in energy prices was not unexpected. Heck, one only has to see what the price of crude oil and natural gas have done over the last month or so. For the month, the price of energy rose 1.5% overall. The rise was sharpest among energy commodities, like gasoline and heating oil, which rose by 1.9%. Energy services, like electricity rose a more moderate -- but still steep -- 0.9%. The rise in core consumer prices was a bit more of a surprise. However, the rising prices were very narrow, with almost all of the increases due to ...

Data Call Technologies Inc., digital content provider for the fast growing digital signage industry, is continually increasing the number and type of content feeds it offers, allowing clients to better fit the message to the market. This dynamic and compelling content is designed to draw the viewer’s eyes to the digital sign, thereby gaining more exposure to the sign’s main message.

Below are some of the many content options available, from which digital sign clients are free to pick and choose.

• General Interest Content – Daily Trivia, Born On This Date, This Date In History, Thought For The Day, Today’s Horoscopes • Weather, Location Specific – Current Conditions, 48-Hour Forecast, 7-Day Forecast, Weather Alerts, Area Doppler Radar, Regional Composite Radar, National Composite Radar, Next Day Forecast Map • Traffic Reports – 50 Major Metro Areas • Sports – Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer, NCAA Football,

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The ISM's September manufacturing survey registered 52.6, down from 52.9 in August. It was the first monthly decline since December. The drop surprised economists, who were expecting an improvement to 54.0.

Every component of the index slowed, except for Supplier Deliveries and Backlog of Orders. More troubling, though, was the fact that the Employment component worsened to 46.2 from 46.4.

Nonetheless, the survey did signal that the economy is growing. If extrapolated, the September reading equates to GDP growth of 3.6%. However, the pace of recovery remains uneven, as was evident by the responses included in the survey:

"Business is picking up - lots of opportunities." (Primary Metals)

"Business remains slow, with no sign of improvement again this month." (Nonmetallic Mineral Products)

The ISM report comes out just as the IMF raised its projection for economic growth. The organization now expects the U.S. to increase output by 1.5% next year, slightly more than double

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The ISM's September manufacturing survey registered 52.6, down from 52.9 in August. It was the first monthly decline since December. The drop surprised economists, who were expecting an improvement to 54.0.

Every component of the index slowed, except for Supplier Deliveries and Backlog of Orders. More troubling, though, was the fact that the Employment component worsened to 46.2 from 46.4.

Nonetheless, the survey did signal that the economy is growing. If extrapolated, the September reading equates to GDP growth of 3.6%. However, the pace of recovery remains uneven, as was evident by the responses included in the survey:

"Business is picking up - lots of opportunities." (Primary Metals)

"Business remains slow, with no sign of improvement again this month." (Nonmetallic Mineral Products)

The ISM report comes out just as the IMF raised its projection for economic growth. The organization now expects the U.S. to increase output by 1.5% next year, slightly more than double

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In a time of general business contraction, Data Call Technologies Inc., key provider of real-time content for digital signage, has once again extended its market. The company recently announced that it is now delivery its digital signage products to Kingston, on the island nation of Jamaica. The move is seen as the latest step in Data Call’s ongoing Caribbean and European initiatives, and just the beginning of a major global outreach.

Jim Ammons, Data Call Technologies Chairman, commented, “We’re truly excited that our products are now being provided in Jamaica. We expect strong continued growth in the Caribbean nations as they seek to deliver real-time, dynamic, and relevant information to island visitors.”

The company also announced that it has now installed products in Hilo, Hawaii, another example of how island retailers, who face unique marketing challenges, are being brought into the digital

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Several local news outlets are reporting that car dealers are experiencing a post-Cash for Clunkers Slump in sales. There is concern that the government's incentive program took sales away from the fall (and even 2010) by giving consumers reason to purchase new vehicles over the summer instead.

It is definitely taking sales away from September. Edmunds.com calculates that September sales are running at an 8.8 million unit pace. To put this number in perspective, Edmunds Senior Statistician Zhenwei Zhou said sales last September were 12.5 million. He also added "it had been over 16 million for years".

Whether this month's slump continues throughout the remainder of this year and into 2010 remains to be seen. Many carmakers are expected to introduce new incentive programs in addition to rolling out new models. Plus, two of the best-selling cars over the past several years - the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord

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Data Call Technologies Inc., content provider for the fast growing digital signage industry, announced recently that it has finalized agreements and development initiatives to provide extended weather content to the global digital signage market. Data Call has become an important player in the digital signage industry by offering a wide selection of real-time content for display on digital signs. Weather content is an especially popular and effective offering, and will now include global meteorological conditions, Doppler radar images, and weather forecasts.

Data Call’s Chief Technology Officer, Jim Tevis, commented on the new developments. “Many of our U.S. clients are beginning to deploy digital signage networks in markets outside the United States. As such, requests for global additions to the Direct Lynk product line have become more and more frequent. With weather content topping the request list, we completed the development of

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Autonation, Inc. (...

In nearly every industry there are competitors all trying to grow their revenues and capture the largest market share. Many factors go into play in achieving market domination ranging from aggressive marketing, award winning customer service, an excellent product line, and competitive pricing. But at the end of the day, what truly matters is that sales growth is outpacing the competition.

Data Call Technologies, Inc. (DCLT.OB) offers a wide array of fresh, real-time content information feeds that can be viewed throughout digital signage networks in numerous venues, including airports, sports arenas, banks, clinics, car dealers, manufacturing plants, cell phones, elevators, electronic digital billboards, and many more. As with any business, however, there is competition.

The largest competitor in the digital signage industry is Ronin Technologies, Inc. (RNIN), a company offering a complete software solution designed to address the evolving digital signage market.

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