Analog Devices’ (ADI) fiscal fourth quarter results beat the Zacks Consensus estimate by 14 cents. Revenue beat by 9.3%.  Revenue  Revenue of $571.6 million was up 16.2% sequentially and down 13.5% year over year. The sequential strength was driven by broad-based recovery in all except the communications end-market. The decline from the year-ago period was much lower than in the preceding three quarters. Orders were up 17% sequentially, resulting in a stronger backlog.  Revenue by End Market  The industrial market generated 52% of total revenue (up 16.8% sequentially). Automotive and healthcare were the strongest subsegments, growing 37% and 17%, respectively. Battery monitoring, breaks sensing and MEMS products were the primary drivers of automotive revenue. Healthcare benefited from the market recovery.  Other industrial products, such as process control, factory automation and instrumentation were up 14%. Consumer was the the second largest segment in the ...

Semtech Corp’s (SMTC) third quarter earnings beat consensus estimates by 6 cents. This follows better-than-expected results reported by the entire peer group, including Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Intersil Corporation (ISIL) and Linear Technology (LLTC).  Revenue  Revenue of $75.1 million was up 13.3% sequentially and down 5.7% year over year. The sequential strength was broad-based across all end-markets except industrial and was derived from sequential increases across all product lines except power discrete. The decline from the year-ago period was recession-related.  Asia remained the largest region, with a 61% revenue share. North America was next, representing 23% of total revenue and Europe third, generating the remaining 16%. All three regions witnessed higher demand, with Asia growing 15.2% sequentially, North America growing 4.2% and Europe 20.9%. Both distribution and OEM sales grew in the last quarter, and distributor inventories declined.  Revenue by End ...

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Solomon Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SOLM) announced today that its Technipower subsidiary shipped several orders for power systems to a premier nuclear power plant supplier. The systems are rigorously tested, inspected and certified by the customer for use in a nuclear power generating facility’s reactor control and safety systems.

Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ETAK), an international telecom and multimedia content distributor specializing in carrier grade mobile enabling platforms, today announced that the Company will participate in the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference to be held at the New

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On Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT), Coach, Inc. (NYSE:COH) will hold a conference call to discuss the company’s fourth quarter and fiscal year end results and initiatives, which will be reported via press release earlier that morning. Lew Frankfort, Coach’s Chairman and CEO, will chair the call beginning at 8:30 a.m. Joining Mr. Frankfort will be Mike Devine, EVP and CFO, and Andrea Shaw Resnick, SVP, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications.

Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) today announced second quarter 2009 net earnings per diluted share from continuing operations (EPS) of $0.33. This represents a decrease of 77

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O2Micro International (OIIM) has been awarded a patent for its direct current-to-direct current (DC/DC) converter controller. The company was granted eighteen claims under the United States patent number 7,508,176.

The DC/DC controller architecture integrates linear and switch mode functionalities within a single device, reducing component and pint count, and making significant improvements in terms of complexity and cost. The device is, therefore, capable of handling lines carrying both light and heavy power loads. The output voltage is even, affording enhanced efficiency even when serving a heavy load.

The company is by no means new to the field. It is a specialist in power management ICs and security components, with 11,830 patents to its credit and another 14,000 pending. This technological edge has enabled the company to weather competition from more established rivals such as Linear Technology (LLTC), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) and Texas Instruments (TXN). O2Micro has thus

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - June 24, 2009 - Zacks.com announces the latest Industry Outlook. Today's outlook from Zacks Equity Research analyst Ken Nagy discusses the Semiconductors sector. Highlighted stocks include: Intel (INTC), Texas Instruments (TXN) and International Rectifier (IRF).

Here is the latest on the Semiconductors sector:

Looking at industry bellwethers Intel (INTC) and Texas Instruments' (TXN) past quarterly results, it appears as though excess inventory has been worked off, and future quarters will likely look more like end-market demand.

Changing Consumer Behavior

The savings rate is up, and the days of excessive debt may be gone for the average consumer, but the majority of the end-market products (smart-phones, net books) that contain these chips are under $1,000.00.

Higher Chip Content in Energy Conservation

Take a sector that looks dismal at first

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Semiconductor & Semi Equipment Begin a Slow March Back

On June 5th, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released its annual mid-year forecast projecting worldwide sales of $195.6 billion for 2009, a decline of 21.3% from sales of $248.6 billion in 2008. SIA projects that sales will begin to rebound in 2010, with year-on-year growth of 6.5 percent to $208.3 billion, followed by 6.5 percent growth in 2011 to $221.9 billion.

On June 1st, the SIA announced worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $15.6 billion in April, an increase of 6.4% from March when sales were $14.7 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. April sales were 25% lower than April 2008 when sales were $20.9 billion.

SIA president George Scalise had some interesting comments:

"The better-than-expected 6.4% sequential increase in April sales was driven by moderate improvements in a number of end-demand drivers and inventory replenishment...[T]he PC market -- a major consumer

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Semiconductor & Semi Equipment Begin a Slow March Back

On June 5th, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released its annual mid-year forecast projecting worldwide sales of $195.6 billion for 2009, a decline of 21.3% from sales of $248.6 billion in 2008. SIA projects that sales will begin to rebound in 2010, with year-on-year growth of 6.5 percent to $208.3 billion, followed by 6.5 percent growth in 2011 to $221.9 billion.

On June 1st, the SIA announced worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $15.6 billion in April, an increase of 6.4% from March when sales were $14.7 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. April sales were 25% lower than April 2008 when sales were $20.9 billion.

SIA president George Scalise had some interesting comments:

"The better-than-expected 6.4% sequential increase in April sales was driven by moderate improvements in a number of end-demand drivers and inventory replenishment...[T]he PC market -- a major consumer

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - June 16, 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: Marriott (MAR), Starwood (HOT), National Semiconductor (NSM), Kyocera (KYO) and SunPower (STP).

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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:

Extended Stay Hotels Bankrupt

The current owners of Extended Stay Hotels (private) acquired the chain in June of 2007, near the peak of the market for hotel assets, for $8 billion. The deal was highly leveraged, reportedly consisting of $7 billion in debt and only $1 billion in cash. With

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Opportunity in several verticalsNational Semiconductor's (NSM) management strategy appears to be focused on energy, specifically, in energy generation, consumption and storage. Energy savings in each of these areas will be an important driver of growth over the next decade, in not just developing but developed countries as well.To date, the company has been focused on its core strength in power management products. It is now extending these capabilities in power management to alternative energy areas, such as powering for solar panels and LED lighting products.Energy generation:In June 2008, management announced a solar product, which it refers to as the SolarMagic power optimizer module. The product incorporates National's new PowerWise power management technology, and works on both thin film and crystal line glass panels. It significantly increases the efficiency of solar panels, recouping up to 50% of the power lost in ...