For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – November 17, 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: Citigroup Inc. (C), Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) and Vodafone Plc (VOD).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:

Citi to Sell Stake in Bellsystem24

Citigroup Inc. (C) announced that it will sell stake in Bellsystem24 to U.S. private equity firm, Bain Capital Partners, in a deal that values the Japanese call center operator at $1.1 billion.

The company announced on Sunday that it

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Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA) announced it will acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Unitymedia GmbH, the second largest cable TV operator in Germany. The total consideration will be approximately $5.2 billion. Liberty Global will acquire 100% of the shares of Unitymedia for an equity purchase price of around $3 billion and will also assume around $2.2 billion of net outstanding debt of Unitymedia. The deal is expected to be completed by the first half of 2010 subject to regulatory clearance.   Liberty Global is the second largest cable TV operator in the world. However, it is the largest international cable TV operator since Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), the largest cable MSO in the world does not have any operation outside the U.S. As of now, the company has approximately 16.6 million customers in 14 nations, most of which are in Europe. On the other ...

Sierra Wireless Inc. (SWIR), a leading provider of embedded modules for mobile computing, is quickly expanding its related business vertical of industrial solutions or machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications services, a rapidly growing market opportunity. This new business model is emerging as a potential source of massive revenues to several wireless network operators and equipment manufacturers. According to various industry sources, globally M2M connections may exceed 200 million by 2014 with a total market valuation of approximately $57 billion.   Yesterday, Sierra entered into business collaboration with Atos Worldline, a division of Atos Origin, to provide M2M wireless solutions to the power, facilities management, retail, health, transport and manufacturing industry sectors. Atos Origin is a leading global IT services company.  With this alliance, Atos and Sierra will integrate their respective M2M services platforms of Worldline M2M and M2MOperatingPortal to offer a single global product for the M2M market.  ...

It is feared that some users of Sidekick phones have lost most of the personal information stored on remote servers manned by Microsoft (MSFT). The servers were based on Sun’s (JAVA) Solaris/Linux/Oracle (ORCL) technology.  Several versions of the phone were sold through service provider T-Mobile, which is a part of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT). T-Mobile has offered customers a $20 refund toward one month of data usage on the phone and an additional $100 through a customer appreciation card, which can be used for T-Mobile products and services, or for payment of a T-Mobile bill.  Customers have expressed outrage at the prospect of compensation, which was largely deemed to be insufficient. This was made worse by T-Mobile’s announcement that it would require another two weeks to send out details regarding the $100 claim. T-Mobile has also announced that it would probably be able ...

The machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications technology has become a major driving force for the next-generation mobile messaging system. M2M is a rapidly growing market opportunity. According to various industry sources, globally M2M connections may reach more than 200 million by 2014 with a total market valuation of approximately $57 billion. This new business model is emerging as a potential source of massive revenue to several telecom operators and equipment manufacturers. A typical mobile M2M messaging system establishes a wireless communications link to connect a group of devices to a computer server or another device for the purpose of transmitting data contained within those devices. This emerging M2M market provides the opportunity to mobile-enabled millions of devices, like cars, utility meters, vending machines and consumer electronics devices to get connected to a wireless network. In 2007, AT&T (T) had entered into an agreement with Jasper Wireless to ...

Today we are featuring top-performing "global equity" mutual funds, which primarily invest in equity securities of both U.S. and foreign companies.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Global Equity Funds.

3 Strong Samples

Ivy Cundill Global Value A (ICDAX) was incepted in September 2001. The investment seeks to provide long-term capital growth and may use certain derivative investment techniques for achieving its objective.

The fund invests primarily in equity securities throughout the world, including emerging market countries. It may invest in a company of any size and in issuers of any industry.

DIRECTV Group Inc. (DTV), Liberty Media Corp. (LMDIA) and Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) are among the fund?s top holdings.

ING Global Value Choice A (NAWGX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in undervalued companies both U.S. and overseas that

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Today we are featuring top-performing "global equity" mutual funds, which primarily invest in equity securities of both U.S. and foreign companies.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Global Equity Funds.

3 Strong Samples

Ivy Cundill Global Value A (ICDAX) was incepted in September 2001. The investment seeks to provide long-term capital growth and may use certain derivative investment techniques for achieving its objective.

The fund invests primarily in equity securities throughout the world, including emerging market countries. It may invest in a company of any size and in issuers of any industry.

DIRECTV Group Inc. (DTV), Liberty Media Corp. (LMDIA) and Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) are among the fund?s top holdings.

ING Global Value Choice A (NAWGX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in undervalued companies both U.S. and overseas that possess catalysts to improve profitability and/or unlock value.

The fund manager

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Highlights include Verizon Communications, Inc. (VZ), Vodafone Group, Plc (VOD), AT&T, Inc. (T), Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) and Palm, Inc. (PALM).

Both Verizon Wireless (VZ) (Verizon owns 45% and Vodafone [VOD] owns 55%) and AT&T (T) have announced their quarterly results, and the rumor of a joint iPhone and Verizon Wireless deal has resurfaced.

Wireless revenue at AT&T grew 39% to $3.2 billion, and net wireless subscribers grew by 1.2 million. This growth was due to the sale of 1.6 million iPhone activations and the increase in data service revenue needed by most users of the iPhone (if you want to surf the web you need a data service contract).

Verizon Wireless added 1.3 million net subscribers plus those added from the Alltel acquisition. Verizon had 19.3 million smartphone subscribers at the end of the quarter, and smartphone and PDA sales accounted for 41%

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

Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Bank of Florida Corp (BOFL) The Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) BE Aerospace Inc (BEAV) Bunge Ltd (BG) Callon Petroleum Co (CPE) Cano Petroleum Inc (CFW) CNH Global NV (CNH) CONMED Corp (CNMD) Covenant Transportation Group Inc (CVTI) Cowen Group Inc (COWN) CRM Holdings Ltd (CRMH) Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI) Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA) ECB Bancorp Inc (ECBE) Electronics For Imaging Inc (EFII) Encore Wire Corp (WIRE) Entravision Communication (EVC) Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL) Expedia Inc (EXPE) The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Heartland Payment Systems Inc (HPY) HLTH Corp (HLTH) Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) ...

Highlights include Deutsche Telekom AG (DT), Apple, Inc. (AAPL), Palm, Inc. (PALM) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S).Deutsche Telekom (DT), the parent of T-Mobile USA, has reported (in its recent earnings release) that it sold a little over one million G1 phones using the Android system over the past six months. G1 sales are about 65% of T-Mobile USA's 3G handset sales. This is about 27% of the sales of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone during an equivalent period.Industry sources consider the G1 situation to be similar to that faced by Palm (PALM) when it introduces the Pre. Although T-Mobile USA's growth rate is dropping, it is in better shape than Sprint (S), which will be exclusive carrier for the Pre. Sprint's subscriber base is declining by about one million subscribers per quarter. Read the full analyst report on "DT"...