For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – October 19, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX) as the Bull of the Day and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. (RRGB) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Ford (F), Eaton (ETN) and TRW Automotive (TRW).

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 continue to be very positive on Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX) and believe the company's Celution System, a better mousetrap for quickly and efficiently harvesting adult stem cells, will see sales ramp significantly over the next few years.

Sales of the system have been tracking with our expectations. Ultimately, the clinical data will determine the pace at which the ramp continues. So far, the clinical data has been exciting,

The March employment report was ugly, but everyone expected to be ugly and it more or less matched expectations.  For the month 663,000 jobs were shed, and the headline narrow definition of unemployment rose to 8.5%. Since the start of the recession, 5.1 million jobs have been lost, with the bulk of those (3.3 million) lost in the last 5 months. This brings the total number of unemployed up to 13.2 million. That is more than the entire population of Illinois.  The number of long-term unemployed rose to 3.2 million, an increase of 146% since the recession started in December of 2007. The unemployment rate would have been higher but for the fact that the labor force fell by 166,000 on the month.  The job losses are widespread, but seem to be hitting adult men particularly hard, their unemployment rate jumped to 8.8% from

The problems plaguing the Big Three American auto makers in 2008 have been well-documented.  The push for flashy SUVs that guzzle gas but impress at the suburban strip mall caused Ford, GM, and Daimler to shift production towards these bigger cars, but these divisions have become huge drains on profits in recent quarters.  Consumers have responded to the explosion of oil and gas prices and stopped buying trucks and sport utility vehicles, looking instead toward more fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles.

Europe drank the renewable energy Kool-Aid long before it reached America, and the big car companies have already focused their European and international production on smaller cars that consume less gasoline.  As the global economy sags, these economical cars have continued to sell, and results abroad have been the lone bright spot for Ford, GM, and lower-profile players in the auto manufacturing industry.