Progressive Corp. (PGR) has entered into an agreement with Web.com to provide online marketing facility to its independent insurance agents as more than half of them do not have websites. According to the comScore Online Auto Insurance Report from April 2009, around three-fourths of auto insurance customers shop online and about two-thirds ultimately buy from an agent.

Web.com is a leader in providing online marketing for small businesses. According to the agreement, Progressive’s agent will get a discount on Web.com’s base pricing, a professionally designed website with a unique domain along with real-time agent quoting and servicing platform. In addition, agents will benefit from being listed on all major search engines and directories, access to a scorecard measuring real-time results and website analytics.

Progressive is one of the largest auto insurers in U.S., a leading independent agency writer of private passenger auto coverage, the largest seller of motorcycles

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - May 7, 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: Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Microsemi Corp. (MSCC), Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT) and Web.com (WWWW).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday's Analyst Blog:

Bank of America: Rumors & Denials

Over the past several days there have been many rumors and "leaked reports" on the need of additional capital by all the banks "stress tested" by the regulators -- and by Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - April 1, 2009 - Zacks Equity Research picks China Life (LFC) as Bull of the Day and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB) as Bear of the Day. In addition, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research discuss the latest on ValueClick, Inc. (VCLK), General Motors Corp. (GM) and Web.com (WWWW).

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

Bull of the Day

Headquartered in Beijing, China, China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (China Life, LFC) is China's leading life insurance company. As of December 31, 2008, China Life had about 716,000 exclusive agents, over 12,600 direct sales representatives, and nearly 94,000 non-dedicated agencies throughout China.

LFC's FY08 results were disappointing, stemming from a combination of external negative factors -- snow, earthquake, and the global financial crisis. However, despite growing competition as well

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Tucows (TCX) is an international provider of Internet service and offers reseller services, including domain services, email services, personal names service, SSL service, platypus ISP billing solutions and blogware, and Web site builder publishing services. The company also provides retail services that include domain registration, email, and other Internet services. In addition, it offers a domain portfolio, consisting of various classes of domain names.

Tucows owns roughly 150,000 domain names, most of which came through an $18 million acquisition in 2006 of rival NetIdentity. Earlier this month, Tucows announced a partnership with Web.com to provide personalized email and Web services to small and medium-sized businesses. Canada-based Tucows works with a network of 9,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the globe to market its products and services. The company also offers services through resellers and Internet-based distribution network of Internet service providers, Web hosting companies, and other providers of Internet services, as

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