Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) produces, innovates, and markets pet, lawn, and garden products under leading brands. The company operates in a highly competitive environment and faces significant competition from Spectrum Brands and The Scott's Miracle-Gro Company.Management is addressing a difficult environment of weak retail sales, adverse weather and higher costs, which have affected the company's sales and profitability. The benefits from the strategy of expanding the operating margin through a positive mix shift towards higher margin products and the optimization of the supply chain have been delayed as higher grain costs have negatively impacted demand and profitability.Management continously lowered both sales and earnings guidance throughout fiscal 2008. The shares of Central Garden & Pet are rated a Sell. Read the full analyst report on "CENT"Zacks Investment Research

Yesterday, Omniture announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. Omniture achieved record revenues during the fourth quarter, totaling $83.0 million, a 93% increase over the $43.1 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2007.

“We are seeing real proof points that our transition from a web analytics company to an optimization company has been completed. For example, our annual deal size has increased by over 50% from 18 months ago and 50% of our bookings are now coming from up-sells and cross-sells of optimization products to our existing customers,” commented Josh James, CEO and co-founder. “2009 is about tying together the many building blocks we have assembled, including expanding our partner ecosystem, and focusing on delivering even deeper integration with our products for our loyal enterprise customers.”

For the full year of 2008, Omniture generated record revenue of $296 million, compared to $143

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