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Chicago, IL – October 16, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Semtech Corp. (SMTC) as the Bull of the Day and Washington Federal (WFSL) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Bank of America (BAC), Hasbro (HAS) and Peabody Energy (BTU).

Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676

Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:

Bull of the Day:

Semtech Corp. (SMTC) is a fabless supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Management has been diversifying the product portfolio, introducing new high-margin products and broadening the customer base.

July quarter results exceeded the consensus on both the top and bottom lines. Forward guidance is for 6-10% revenue increase in the October quarter.

Both revenue growth and margin expansion are expected to return in the second half of fiscal

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MU, Micron Technology Inc.

MU together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Its products include dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products that provide data storage and retrieval, which include DDR, DDR2, DDR3, synchronous DRAM, and other specialty DRAM memory products, such as mobile DRAM, pseudo-static RAM, and reduced latency DRAM.

Because of the back of strong memory prices and robust shipments, the expectations about MU would beat Wall Street’s earnings and revenue forecast for the fourth quarter

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CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB

CSRH is a company in the financial services, payment and transaction processing industries.

CSRH provides electronic transaction processing and management services to financial institutions, healthcare, government, public and private sector companies. CSRH’s services provide customized, innovative technology solutions that create, augment and enhance customers’ existing financial, payment and transactional processing systems.

CSRH has established an agreement with a third party partner within the payment processing industry to offer Merchant Discount Rates. Consorteum will leverage this new partnership to offer competitive Merchant Discount Rates and Point of

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Friday September 18, 2009

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Cavico Corp. (NASDAQ:CAVO), a leading infrastructure development company based in Vietnam, announced today that its common stock has been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol CAVO. Trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market will commence today.

Avago Technologies Limited (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading designer, developer and global supplier of analog semiconductor devices, today announced the early tender results for the cash tender offer by its wholly owned subsidiary, Avago Technologies Finance Pte. Ltd.

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SkyWest, Inc. (”SkyWest”) (Nasdaq: SKYW) today reported operating revenues of $698.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared to $950.8 million for the same period last year.

Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced first quarter of fiscal 2010 revenue of $19.9 million, up 21% compared to revenue of $16.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ABOUT ABIOMED

Based in Danvers, Massachusetts, Abiomed, Inc., is a leading provider of medical devices that provide circulatory support to acute heart failure patients across the continuum of care in heart recovery.

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $6 million in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers in Asia. About

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MU, Micron Technology Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Micron is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Micron’s DRAM and Flash components are used in today’s most advanced computing, networking, and communications products, including computers, workstations, servers, cell phones, wireless devices, digital cameras, and gaming systems.

MU, Micron Technology Inc. 52 Week Low was $1.59, and today hits its 52 weeks High so far, $6.47

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Chicago, IL - April 17, 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: Liberty Property Trust (LRY), 3Com Corp (COMS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc (KKD) and Semtech Corp. (SMTC).

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Sell Liberty Property in Near Term

Liberty Property Trust (LRY) is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses primarily on prime suburban properties in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. The company's portfolio

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Semtech Corporation (SMTC) is a fabless supplier of analog and mixed signal semiconductor devices. Management has been diversifying the product portfolio, introducing new high-margin products and broadening the customer base.

October quarter revenue was in-line with consensus estimates, while the EPS exceeded. Forward guidance is for a -8% top -20% revenue decline in the January quarter.

Both revenue growth and margin expansion are expected to materialize when the new product platforms gain traction. We are reiterating our BUY rating on SMTC shares.

Sejuti Banerjea contributed to this report.

Read the full analyst report on SMTC

"SMTC" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Semtech Corporation (SMTC) is a fabless supplier of analog and mixed signal semiconductor devices. Management has been diversifying the product portfolio, introducing new high-margin products and broadening the customer base. July quarter revenue was in-line with consensus estimates, while the EPS exceeded.Forward guidance is for a 0-4% revenue increase in the October quarter. With backlog increasing again in Q2, we do not expect results to fall short of guidance. Both revenue growth and margin expansion are expected as new product platforms gain traction. We are reiterating our BUY rating on Semtech Corp. shares. Although the macro situation in the U.S. was expected to impact consumer spending, the consumer segment grew very strongly in the last quarter, and management expects continued growth in Q3. We expect the shares to trade higher within the next six months. Consequently, we are reiterating our $20 price target (21.1x ...

Companies that make technology products need companies such as Amtech Systems Inc. The company is a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers. Amtech has their headquarters in Tempe, Arizona and are part of the NASDAQ exchange. Founded in 1981, they manufacture capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal processing equipment, and related consumables used in fabricating solar cells and semiconductor devices.

Amtech Systems Inc. operates four wholly owned subsidiaries. Their Amtech Automation, which is the company’s headquarters, designs, manufactures, and sells products used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices and wafer manufacturing. These include diffusion furnaces, furnace automation, and wafer polishing consumables. Their systems are for automating the loading and unloading of silicon wafers from all brands of existing and new semiconductor diffusion furnaces.

The company’s Bruce Technologies Inc. has their base in Billerica, Massachusetts. This subsidiary

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