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Chicago, IL – October 29, 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: Qwest Communications (Q), Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and Sprint Nextel (S).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s AnalystBlog:

Qwest Meets, Boosts Outlook

Qwest Communications (Q) continues to invest in building necessary infrastructure to boost network capacity and availability. The company is devoting a major portion of the overall CapEx in expanding its fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) network capacity to increase broadband network performance. FTTN deployments reached over 3 million homes with

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Thursday September 3, 2009

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Arena Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARD) announced today that the Board of Directors of Arena has approved an increase in the 2009 capital expenditure budget (”CAPEX”) to a total of $107 million. The previous 2009 CAPEX was $85 million. The additional funds are directly related to increased activity at the Company’s Fuhrman-Mascho property in Andrews County, Texas. Management is confident that at current commodity prices the 2009 CAPEX can be fully funded through internally generated operating cash flow.

Fulfillment Technologies, LLC. (FillTek) (www.filltek.com/) has chosen Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) (www.qwest.com/business) for conferencing,

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Wednesday August 26, 2009

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Progress DataDirect (www.datadirect.com), the data infrastructure division of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and provider of premium, vendor-independent data access and integration technologies for all major data sources has announced it will be hosting a series of free workshops to help system architects, software programmers and IT professionals interested in data access and data integration best practices.

Gulfstream Aerospace recently recognized Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) as a top-performing supplier for its design and delivery of an integrated voice and data wide area network (WAN) connecting the aerospace company’s locations in the United States and internationally.

IMS Health (NYSE:

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Wednesday August 26, 2009

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Progress DataDirect (www.datadirect.com), the data infrastructure division of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and provider of premium, vendor-independent data access and integration technologies for all major data sources has announced it will be hosting a series of free workshops to help system architects, software programmers and IT professionals interested in data access and data integration best practices.

Gulfstream Aerospace recently recognized Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) as a top-performing supplier for its design and delivery of an integrated voice and data wide area network (WAN) connecting the aerospace company’s locations in the United States and internationally.

IMS Health (NYSE: RX),

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We have a neutral rating on Ciena Corp. (CIEN), as the company's FlexSelect platform has been gaining momentum. It allows carriers to transition networks to carrier grade Ethernet. We believe the acquisition of World Wide Packets will further strengthen its base.

The provider of optical networking equipment, software and services diversified beyond emerging carriers, and now counts the world's largest telecom service providers as its customers, including Verizon (VZ), AT&T (T), BT Group (BT) and Qwest Communications (Q).

Ciena's cost cutting efforts will trim operating expenses, helping it achieve breakeven results in the coming quarters.

Moreover, the company has a healthy balance sheet with improving cash metrics. The company exited the current quarter with $922.6 million in cash and short-term investments, compared to $917.0 million in the previous quarter. Long-term debt (convertible notes payable) at the end of the quarter remained at $798.0 million.

However, the company's sales

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Tuesday August 18, 2009

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Option trading was heavy on Microchip Technology (NASDAQ: MCHP) yesterday, as more than 144,500 contracts crossed the tape. This surge in volume was more than 36 times the equity’s average daily trading volume of 3,959 contracts, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. Furthermore, roughly 99% of the volume changed hands on the call side.

Today, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), TransFair USA, SEBRAE-Minas Gerais and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that a new Fair Trade Certified coffee from Brazil will be sold to Sam’s Club members across the country. The two new Fair Trade Certified(TM) Member’s Mark coffee options will be available

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• Media reports say Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) have struck a revenue-sharing deal that could be finalized today.  The internet-search alliance could see a fierce competition with rival Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the reports say

• Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) reported second quarter adjusted earnings 45 cents a share, ahead of consensus estimates of 37 cents a share, on revenues of $6.81 billion, versus estimates of $6.97 billion. The firm maintained its 2009 earnings guidance of flat adjusted results from continuing operations versus $1.98 a year ago

• Moody's (NYSE:MCO) second quarter earnings exceeded estimates by 3 cents at 43 cents as revenues fell 7.6% to $451 million

• Medco Health Solutions (NYSE:MHS) reported second quarter earnings of 69 cents, 4 cents ahead of estimates

• Qwest Communications (NYSE:Q) reported earnings of 13 cents, 3 pennies above estimates, on in-line revenues of $3.1 billion, that was off 9% from a year ago

• Textron (NYSE:TXT) reported second

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