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Monday November 16, 2009

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) announced that it has proceeded to launch its consumer stored value rebate card. The consumer rebate card program will offer manufacturers and retailers a new way to process mail-in rebates that ensures increased customer loyalty and decreased overhead costs. Consorteum will work directly with manufactures and retailers to reduce the administration costs associated with mail-in rebate programs while providing a new way to increase consumer awareness. Additional revenue and cost-saving opportunities will be

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Prudential Financial Inc.’s (PRU) third-quarter earnings of $1.59 per share was well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33. Results also topped prior-year period’s earnings of $1.02 per share. The upside was driven primarily by strong annuity sales and market appreciation.   Prudential raised its guidance for the full fiscal 2009, based on its earning’s strength and current financial market conditions, including equity market levels, interest rates and credit spread. The company now expects earnings of $5.40 to $5.60 per share, elevated from the earlier range of $5.00 to $5.20 per share.   Net income for the Financial Services Businesses attributable to Prudential Financial Inc. was $1.09 billion or $2.35 per common share, compared to a net loss of $118 million 25 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. The company’s outstanding shares increased 9% year over year due to its stock offering in June.   Prudential’s ...

Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) reported operating earnings of 84 cents in the third quarter, which was ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 80 cents. The company had earned $1.16 per share on an operating basis in the year-ago quarter.   The company experienced lower average variable account values compared to the prior-year period. Also, there were some modest losses on its alternative investments.   Lincoln reported a net income of $153 million or 44 cents per share compared with $148 million or 58 cents in the year-ago quarter. We note that there were fewer shares outstanding in the prior-year quarter.   The company managed to report better operating results on a quarter-over-quarter basis due to the appreciation in the equity market. Consolidated deposits increased 10% sequentially but were down 2% year over year to $5.3 billion. Net flows were up 25% sequentially and 34% year over year ...

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Tuesday October 20, 2009

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Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTCBB: PWRM), a leader in neurodegenerative disease and cancer biomarkers and diagnostic tests, announces further international recognition of validity as the company’s President and CSO, Dr. Ira Goldknopf, will deliver an invited Keynote address and chair a session on “Biomarkers and Diagnostics in Personalized Medicine (Track 6-4),” at the BIT Life Sciences 2nd International Congress and Expo of Molecular Diagnostics in Beijing, China, November 19-21, 2009. The Theme of the meeting is “New Leadership of

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Monday October 19, 2009

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Prudential Annuities has won two top awards in the Boomer Market Advisor Readers’ Choice Awards. This is the fifth consecutive year one of Prudential Annuities’ living benefits has been recognized as “best in class.” Prudential Financial Inc.’s (NYSE:PRU) domestic annuity business also earned a first-time award for its service and support to advisors.

Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) received an $827.4 million contract from the Air Force for advanced funding for 11 variants of the C-130J, a military

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Tuesday September 29, 2009

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Stratify, Inc. a market leader in eDiscovery and subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in information protection and storage services, today announces the introduction of Stratify eVantage(TM), an on-premises eDiscovery early case assessment solution that safeguards corporate proprietary information. The Stratify eVantage solution allows general counsel to reduce the cost and risk of eDiscovery by going beyond statistical data culling with advanced technologies that drive more intelligent, qualitative analysis on all matters and internal

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Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) agreed to refund $48.2 million to workers' compensation policyholders in Florida as it earned excess profits on such policies it issued between 2004 and 2006.   On Wednesday, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said that it has instructed Hartford to take this action as its profits exceeded the state law, which prohibits insurers from earning excess profits and requires surpluses to be refunded to policyholders.   This refund brings the total amount of refund to all workers' compensation policyholders in Florida to approximately $98.8 million this year. During the last year, more than $29.7 million in excess workers’ compensation profits were refunded.   The refund of $48.2 million is really significant for Florida at this point as the state is going through a challenging period precipitated by the ongoing economic turmoil.   Among the other insurers, Hartford was the first to receive ...

Principal Financial Group’s (PFG) second-quarter earnings of $0.69 per share were 6 cents ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Results were driven by the sequential improvement in the U.S. as well as global equity markets during the second quarter.

The company posted a sequential improvement in earnings. Assets under management (AUM) increased 9% sequentially while operating earnings were up 22%, driven by improved results at the company’s three asset management and asset accumulation segments.

The company also realized a $3 billion improvement in net unrealized losses due to the credit spreads contraction. This has more than doubled the company’s book value, which stands at $16.19 per share at the June 30, 2009, up from $8.03 per share at March 31, 2009.

However, the results were down on a year-over-year basis. The company reported net income of $150.3 million or $0.52 per share in the second quarter of 2009, compared to $168.3 million

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Monday August 3, 2009

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered the final, first stage solid rocket motor for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) July 23 to the U.S. Air Force under the Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP). The delivery represents a significant milestone in the continuing modernization of the ICBM land-based arsenal.

National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced LabVIEW 2009, the latest version of the graphical system design software platform for control, test and embedded system development. LabVIEW 2009 simplifies the development challenges of parallel hardware architectures with new virtualization technology that takes advantage of multicore systems as well as by offering new compiler improvements and IP that enhance

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – July 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: Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (HIG), Lincoln Financial Group (LNC), Allstate Corp. (ALL), Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) and Ameriprise Financial Inc. (AMP).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:

Insurers Eye TARP Funds

The Treasury had stated that some of the life insurers may qualify for TARP because of their Bank Holding Company status. As of now, considering the repayments from banks, Treasury has approved six life insurers for capital infusion under

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