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Microsoft to Sell Razorfish: Report – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (June 29th, 2009) Writes:
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is reportedly looking to unload its digital advertising agency Razorfish and has hired Morgan Stanley for that purpose.

The report by the Financial Times on Sunday also said that French marketing company Publicis Groupe SA could emerge as a possible bidder.

The FT stated that an analyst has valued the agency at $600 million to $700 million based on last-year's revenue of $400 million and profit margins for similar businesses of 12% to 13%.

Microsoft acquired Razorfish in 2007 as part of its $6 billion takeover of aQuantive.

The Seattle-based digital agency has more than 2,000 employees and boasts of a client list, which includes AT&T Inc. (T), McDonald's Corp. (MCD) and NIKE Inc. (NKE).

MSFT, a Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") stock, have gained nearly 2% on lower-than-usual volume of approximately 40 million, against the average daily volume of about 64.1 million.

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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (May 4th, 2009) Writes:

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

3com Corp (COMS) Abington Bancorp Inc (ABBC) Allion Healthcare Inc (ALLI) Ameristar Casinos Inc (ASCA) ARM Holdings Plc (ARMH) Arris Group Inc (ARRS) ATS Medical Inc (ATSI) Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones (BLX) Bob Evans Farms Inc (BOBE) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Carrols Restaurant Group Inc (TAST) Chart Industries Inc (GTLS) Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp (CDE) Comcast Corp (CMCSK) Concurrent Computer Corp (CCUR) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) Cyberonics Inc (CYBX) Diamond Foods Inc (DMND) DineEquity Inc (DIN) Dresser-Rand Group Inc (DRC) eHealth Inc (EHTH) El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB) Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) Entropic Communications Inc (ENTR) Federal Signal Corp (FSS) Furniture Brands International Inc (FBN) Genoptix ...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (April 13th, 2009) Writes:

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

AAON Inc (AAON) Belo Corp (BLC) Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc (CADX) Caliper Life Sciences Inc (CALP) Covidien Ltd (COV) HLS Systems International Ltd (HOLI) HMS Holdings Corp (HMSY) Macrovision Solutions Corp (MVSN) Majesco Entertainment Co (COOL) NaviSite Inc (NAVI) Osteologix Inc (OLGX) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Prudential Public Limited Co (PUK) Publicis Groupe SA (PUBGY) Reed Elsevier NV (ENL) Stericycle, Inc (SRCL) Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) Analogic Corp (ALOG) Centennial Communications Corp (CYCL) Dolan Media Co (DM) Endologix Inc (ELGX) HearUSA Inc (EAR) Lender Processing Services Inc (LPS) Stillwater Mining Co (SWC) Telstra Corporation Ltd (TLSYY) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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