For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – August 11, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights tw telecom (TWTC) as the Bull of the Day and Loews Corporation (L) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), Verizon Communications (VZ) and AT&T (T).

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:

We maintain our Buy rating and the same valuation target for tw telecom (TWTC), a leading provider of managed voice & data networking solutions. TWTC continues to generate sustaining revenue from large business enterprises primarily through sales of Ethernet and IP-VPN services.

This has reduced the company's dependence on telecom carrier customers. Although the balance sheet remains considerably leveraged, we do not expect any immediate liquidity crisis since no significant

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We maintain our Buy rating and the same valuation target for tw telecom (TWTC), a leading provider of managed voice & data networking solutions. TWTC continues to generate sustaining revenue from large business enterprises primarily through sales of Ethernet and IP-VPN services.

This has reduced the company's dependence on telecom carrier customers. Although the balance sheet remains considerably leveraged, we do not expect any immediate liquidity crisis since no significant debt will mature before 2013. Growth prospects for TWTC remain firm as a result of growing demand for bandwidth to implement converged IP-based networks.

The stock is currently trading near 50% discount to its 52-week high range. We believe that this weakness in share pricing may be due to overall equity market conditions which may now create a favorable investment opportunity.Zacks Investment Research

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - May 13, 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: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ENER), HSBC Holdings plc (HBC), Edison International (EIX), TW Telecom (TWTC) and Luminex Corp. (LMNX).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday's Analyst Blog:

Energy Conversion Results Mixed

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ENER) announced operating and financial results for its 3rd quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2009, ending March 31, 2009.

Net income in the reported quarter fell to $1.33 million or

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TW Telecom (TWTC), a leading provider of managed voice & data networking solutions, reported first quarter 2009 financial results better than our estimates. TWTC continues to generate sustaining revenue from large business enterprises primarily through sales of Ethernet and IP-VPN services. This has reduced the company's dependence on telecom carrier customers.Although the balance sheet remains considerably leveraged, we do not expect any immediate liquidity crisis since no significant debt will mature before 2013. Growth prospects for TWTC remain firm as a result of growing demand for bandwidth to implement converged IP-based networks.The stock is currently trading over a 50% discount to its 52-week high range. We believe that this weakness in share pricing may be due to overall equity market conditions which may now create a favorable investment opportunity. We maintain our Buy rating and the same valuation target of $12 per share....