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Chicago, IL - May 6, 2009 - Zacks Equity Research picks Sierra Wireless (SOHU) as Bull of the Day and CenturyTel (CTL) as Bear of the Day. In addition, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research discuss the latest on Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC) and Morgan Stanley (MS).

Full analysis of all these stocks is available at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678

Bull of the Day

Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU) is the second-largest Internet portal and one of the most well-known online brands in China. Sohu's pipeline for its new online games remains strong and is expected to drive meaningful growth in late 2009 and 2010.

The company spun-off part of its gaming division Changyou.com via an ADS offering, which is expected to increase its user base and help gain shares in the MMORPG (massively multi-player online role-playing game) market. We are also encouraged by the company's growing cash

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Chicago, IL - March 31, 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: Ness Technologies (NSTC), American Capital Agency Corp (AGNC), Biogen Idec (BIIB), Sohu.com Inc (SOHU) and Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc (CRTX).

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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:

Ness Tech with More Downside

Ness Technologies (NSTC) is a small player in the IT services market. The company posted mixed 4Q08 results, with revenue below expectation but in line EPS.

The company's Application Development and Software Product Engineering segment performed very well in 4Q08. However,

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Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU) is the second-largest Internet portal and one of the most well-known online brands in China. Sohu's pipeline for its new online games remains strong and is expected to drive meaningful growth in late 2009 and 2010. We are encouraged by the company's growing cash balance as well as its debt-free balance sheet.We believe that the current stock price does not fully reflect the company's intrinsic value. Concerns related to online ad spending and China's macro economy in 2009 still remains. The company is going to spin-off part of its gaming division via an ADS offering.We maintain our Buy rating on the shares of SOHU with a 6-month target price of $64.00. This is based on a P/E multiple of 11.6x our estimate of 2009 EPS of $5.50. Our price target of $64.00 is very reasonable but still does not reflect the ...

The Zacks Rank Buys featured in this article are: Sohu.com Inc.( On Feb 26 Sohu beat Wall Street estimates once again when it reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.35, well above the consensus of $1.16. The 16% surprise is the company's seventh consecutive surprise.

Earnings were driven by a 41% spike in online gaming revenues. Active accounts also rose 13.5% over the previous quarter.

Estimates are Up

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Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU) is the 2nd-largest Internet portal and one of the most well-known online brands in China. Sohu’s pipeline for its new online games remains strong and is expected to drive meaningful growth in late 2009 and 2010.We are encouraged by the company’s growing cash balance as well as its debt-free balance sheet. Additionally, Sohu generated record total revenues and net income for the 6th consecutive quarter during Q408 with impressive margins.We believe that the current stock price does not fully reflect the company’s intrinsic value. Concerns related to online ad spending and China’s macro economy in 2009 remain. As such, we maintain our Buy rating on the shares of SOHU with a lower 6-month target price of $64.00.Priyanka Poddar contributed to this report.Read the full analyst report on SOHU
“SOHU” Free Stock Analysis: …

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Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU) is the second-largest internet portal and one of the most well-known online brands in China. Sohu's pipeline for its new online games remains strong and is expected to drive meaningful growth in late 2009 and 2010. We are encouraged by the company's growing cash balance as well as its debt free balance sheet. We believe that the current stock price does not fully reflect the company's intrinsic value. Concerns relating to online ad spend and China's macro economy in 2009 still remains. As such, we maintain our Buy rating on the shares of SOHU. Based on our estimate for fiscal 2009 EPS, the stock is trading at a P/E multiple of 9.7x. The stock is also trading at 10.1X our N4Q EPS estimate, which is below the industry mean and median. The PEG ratio of 0.28 is also well below the ...

With the onset of 2009, Beijing is cracking down on web portals and search engines that publish material deemed to be too vulgar or subversive for the nation’s 300 million-plus Internet users. Chinese authorities have reportedly implemented new software that lets them more easily track and counter threats, and have issued stern warnings to industry leaders such as Baidu.com Inc. (ADR: BIDU) and Google Inc. (GOOG).

The government earlier this week cited 19 Web sites - including Baidu, Google, Sohu, Sina, and Tianya - as purveyors of vulgar content that is morally or politically destructive.

Some results produced by search engines had “large amounts of pornographic links [and] after notification from the complaint center, the site did not take effective countermeasures,” the State Council Information Office said in a statement.

“Some Web sites have exploited loopholes in laws and regulations,” said Cai Minzhao, deputy chief of the Information

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Sohu.com, Inc. (SOHU), is a leading online brand in China. Services provided by the company include news, search, e-mail, games and wireless messaging. The company offers services through one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines.

Although Sohu faces fierce competition from different fields including brand advertising, online games, wireless value-added services, and search, the company manages to be a main player in almost each field. Sohu has a well-known brand and rich website resources to leverage the great opportunities for online business in China.

Internet penetration is accelerating [in China], which is very positive for Sohu. Overall, we think the current stock price is undervalued. Therefore, we are maintaining a Buy rating on SOHU shares. Due to the current market malaise we are reducing our target price to $65.

Read the full analyst report on SOHU.

"SOHU" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? ...

Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU) is one of China's largest web networks, running 7 Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines. The company has been on fire as Internet access expands across China and its growing middle class. Analysts expect 2008 year over year earnings growth of 293.89%.

Sohu.com's Revenue Explodes

On Jul 28, the company reported second quarter earnings and beat its own prior guidance and Wall Street estimates by 45.71%, or 32 cents per share. Net income surged 60.1% to $40.2 million, or $1.02 per share, from $25.1 million, or 64 cents in the year-ago period.

Revenues continued to soar, rising 162%, and 20% quarter-on-quarter, to $102 million from $39 million in the second quarter of 2007. Total revenues exceeded $100 million for the first time in the company's history. Advertising revenues were hot, growing 53% year-over-year to $43.4 million.

Sohu.com was the Internet Content Sponsor for

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