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Chicago, IL – November 12, 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: Southern Copper Corporation (PCU), Logitech International (LOGI), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (PHG).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:

Southern Copper’s Earnings Jump

Southern Copper Corporation (PCU), one of the leading copper producers in the world, posted net earnings of 37 cents in the third quarter of 2009, better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents. Earnings jumped 78.6% from 21

Logitech International (LOGI) announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held LifeSize Communications of Austin, Texas for $405 million in cash. LifeSize is a global leader in high definition (HD) video communication solutions, with more than 9,000 video conferencing customers across 80 countries in large enterprises, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and public healthcare, education and government organizations.   The acquisition will enable Logitech to extend its leadership in video communication beyond the desktop.

Logitech and LifeSize plan to pursue existing and new relationships with unified communications, collaboration and VoIP industry partners and competitors to drive the development of an open eco-system for interoperable video communication.

LifeSize expects approximately $90 million in revenues in CY 2009, with CY 2010 revenues expected to grow between 40% and 60%. Logitech expects the acquisition to be neutral to slightly positive to its operating income (excluding acquisition-related charges) in FY 2011, ending March 31, 2011, and

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Sync2 Networks Opens Ventures Incubator Facility

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA–(CRWENEWSWIRE) - Sync2 Networks Corp. (OTC.BB:SYNW - News) - On 02 November, 2009, Sync2 Networks unveils its Vancouver Venture Incubator to assist online entrepreneurs accessing the recently negotiated Ventures’ Fund. Sync2 Ventures provides access to capital and consulting for private companies which are in early stages of online integration with foreseeable growth.

“Our focus is on those companies who prefer to relocate their on-line business services in Vancouver for a period of time, whether they work out of our facility or not, we want to be sure

This is part 2 of my Key Telecom Trends article.  Part 1 can be read by clicking here. Two other trends in Telecommunications over the past few years that should have a significant impact in the future are:

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) emerged on the commercial scene in 2004 harnessing the power of broadband internet connections to deliver unlimited voice plans, both local and long distance, over an internet connection.  VOIP has enabled co-workers within a firm or from different companies to communicate through video conferencing.  Cisco’s (CSCO) Telepresence has been a successful enterprise VOIP system for businesses to communicate in a real-lifelike conference room.  It has also seen substantial growth over the past year as companies seek to cut travel expenses in a recession, replacing it with videoconferencing like Telepresence.  From a consumer perspective, VOIP has became increasingly attractive in

The world is seeing a move to on-demand information and mobile computing, evident by the explosion of smartphones in recent years.  Furthermore, bandwidth demand has increased drastically as more people are emailing, texting, downloading applications and watching YouTube on their cell phones, thus requiring networks to be upgraded accordingly.  Mobile networks have been upgraded both domestically and internationally to 3G and will eventually be revamped up to 4G.  In the home, cable networks have been upgraded from coaxial cables to fiber optics by companies like AT&T [T: 24.79, +0.16 (+0.65%)] and Verizon [VZ: 29.26, -0.01 (-0.03%)] to gain access to more HD channels and faster, more reliable internet connections. There has also been a shift on the consumer front as wireless companies have been rolling out unlimited prepaid plans favoring consumers looking to trade down and cut costs in this tumultuous economic environment.  I’ll give a

Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (ETAK.OB), telecommunications and content services provider, today announced plans to expand their telecommunication services offerings through the use of converged multimedia services, providing enhanced voice and video communications through mobile phone and Internet connections. The company calls it an important step in the development of converging multimedia applications. The move is made possible through the combined technical support of Quentris, Belgium based network technologies company, and Dilithium, California based mobile video leader.

Elephant Talk customers, primarily the business-to-business community within the telecommunications market, will be offered a range of new services, including multimedia communications, interactive voice and video portals, and content applications such as video-on-demand or streaming. The services will be available with 3G mobile phones or Flash-based Internet or PC applications. Elephant Talk expects to use the technologies to move into new service areas, including video surveillance and security, mobile to PC conferencing, video blogging, and