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Chicago, IL – October 28, 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: Family Dollar (FDO), Costco (COST), Macy’s (M), JC Penney (JCP) and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday’s AnalystBlog:

Consumer Confidence Crumbles

As for expectations about the future, there are still more people out there who expect things to get better over then next six months rather than deteriorate, but the margin is closing. In October, 20.8% expected to see things get better versus 18.3% who thought things will

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Before the opening bell, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL) released strong third quarter results. In the reported quarter, the company clocked earnings per share (EPS) of $2.12, soundly beating both the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.85 and the year-ago quarterly EPS of $1.73. Net sales rose 5% to $3.8 billion in the reported quarter from $3.7 billion in the year-ago quarter. The upside came mainly from the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C3ISR) and Aircraft Modernization and Maintenance (AM&M) segments. However, these were partially offset by decrease in the Government Services and Specialized Products segments sales year-over-year. C3ISR segment sales rose 21% year-over-year primarily due to increased demand and new business from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for airborne ISR and networked communication systems for manned and unmanned platforms. AM&M sales increased 17% due to higher revenues from systems field support services, Special ...

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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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Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTAL), a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions, introduces Vitrea Enterprise Suite, which combines the company’s powerful 2D, 3D and 4D clinical applications and world-class services with a centralized solution for managing volumetric image data across the medical enterprise. The centralized data management solution, called Vital Image Management System (VIMS), delivers universal access to a single source of imaging data across the medical enterprise.

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced the TrueStore((R)) PA2900, a next-generation preamplifier integrated circuit (IC) delivering best-in-class performance for hard disk

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Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading provider of innovative network communications solutions, today announced that Hawaiian Telcom selected the company’s SEGway(TM) X401 STP Signaling Solution with Point Code Emulation(TM) (PCE) for their multi-switch network, serving the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian Telcom elected to replace existing legacy systems with this solution, thereby optimizing performance and avoiding any costly reconfiguration of their network.

Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its supplemental Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Haloperidol Tablets USP, 10 mg and 20 mg. These strengths are in addition to Mylan’s currently marketed 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg and 5 mg strengths of the product.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) (”AsiaInfo” or the “Company”), a leading provider of telecom software solutions and IT

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Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Badger Meter (BMI) provides liquid flow measurement products and control technologies to utilities (primarily water and to a much, lesser extent natural gas) and industrial customers.

The company sells manually read meters, automatic meter reading (AMR) systems and fixed network advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems to utilities. Badger Meter continues to post higher sales in its utility product line, which accounts for more than 80% of its total revenue.

A major factor behind the company’s growth is the decision for water utility customers to upgrade to advanced metering (AMR/AMI) systems from manually read meters. The company is satisfying this market demand with its popular ORION drive-by AMR and the GALAXY fixed network AMI.

In addition, Badger Meter has an agreement with Itron (ITRI) to resell the ITRON drive-by AMR until early 2011.

There are plenty of customers that are still operating manually read meters. According to the company,

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The Dow has been hit hard with selling, breaking through the key 11,600 support level I’ve been warning about. I said that once the Dow breaks 11,600, the bear is back in control and much lower prices are to come. That means U.S. stocks, and by default the U.S. economy, are going over the cliff. How low will it go? We need more fear in the market before a bottom comes and I see the Dow dropping to as low as 9,200 before a turnaround starts to take hold. Of course, it won't be a straight-down affair. There will be a lot of fake-out moves and with all the uncertainty out there, there will be a lot of volatility. The economic news is not good, and a lot of investors are very, very nervous, and rightfully so. What should you do? Be cautious. Stick ...

Testifying to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Michael Masters of Masters Capital Management said that the price of oil would quickly drop closer to its marginal cost of around $65 to $75 a barrel, about half the current $135. Imposing limits on speculation and other regulatory changes could reduce prices back down to the marginal costs of oil production,and the price of retail gasoline could fall by half, to around $2 a gallon, within 30 days of passage of a law to limit speculation in energy-futures markets, four energy analysts told Congress on Monday. More from MarketWatch.com: Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co., Edward Krapels of Energy ...

I hate to be the one to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theatre. But the time for keeping quiet has long since passed. The time for ignoring the gathering clouds of smoke is over. It's time to sit up, pay attention, and get your portfolio the heck out of harm's way ... because we have a full-scale, five-alarm, inflationary wildfire on our hands. Allow me to walk you through the overwhelming, undeniable evidence ... Import prices are soaring at an astronomical rate The government's policy of ignoring the dollar's decline is leading to astronomical increases in the cost of imported goods. In the month of May alone, import costs jumped 2.3%. That came on the heels of a 2.4% rise in April and a 3% increase in March. But the year-over-year comparisons are even ...

are in control of the short term trend. The Qs are at a potential support level but buying doesn't make sense until there are better signs of stabilization. The breakdown in the financials will likely keep pressure on the markets.