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Chicago, IL – October 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: Ford (F), Honda (HMC), Caterpillar (CAT), Boeing (BA) and Chevron Corp. (CVX).

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Here are highlights from Friday’s Analyst Blog:

Trade Deficit Improves

While the year-over-year improvement in the trade deficit is very good news, the reason for it is not so good. It was a reflection of the overall collapse in world trade, something that makes everyone poorer. As far as the GDP calculations are concerned, it does not make any difference

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Yesterday, after the market close, Chevron Corp. (CVX) released its third-quarter interim update, covering the first two months of the quarter. On the whole, the update is positive, with earnings expected to be higher than in the previous quarter. The company expects the upstream segment to benefit from an increase in crude oil prices as well as from gains of about $400 million associated with asset sales and tax items. Downstream results are likely to be relatively flat, as it continues to be hurt by weak refining margins. Chevron further said that unfavorable foreign currency movements will affect the segment profitability. Upstream The best part of the update pertained to upstream volumes, highlighting Chevron’s attractive growth profile among the super-majors. The company reported that oil and natural gas production average 2.687 million oil-equivalent barrels per day – better than estimates and nearly 10% above ...

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - April 14, 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: United States Steel Corporation (X), MIPS Technologies, Inc. (MIPS), Chevron Corp. (CVX), Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd ( MRH) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM).

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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:

U.S. Steel Bending to Pressure

United States Steel Corporation (X) is a leading steel manufacturer in the U.S. Rising supply from China, low demand from the automotive and residential sectors and rising labor costs are affecting

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After the market close on Thursday, Chevron Corp. (CVX) released its first-quarter interim update, covering the first two months of the quarter. On the whole, the update is mixed, with excellent operational performance and production growth offset by weak commodity-price realizations.The best part of the update pertained to upstream volumes, highlighting Chevron's "growthy" profile among the super-majors. The company reported that oil and natural gas production average 2.645 million oil-equivalent barrels per day -- better than our estimate and 1.8% above the first-quarter 2008 level. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, production would be up an impressive 4%. We remain comfortable that the company can sustain this operational momentum, which puts it on track to meet its production target for the year.But the production gains are more than offset by lower-than-expected realized prices for crude oil and natural gas. Refining margins have also ...