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Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADES Coldwater Creek (CWTR)- CL King Accumulate » Strong Buy SuccessFactors (SFSF)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Zoran (ZRAN)- Longbow Neutral » Buy Lincare (LNCR)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform Pantry (PTRY)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Check Point Sftwr (CHKP)- Lehman Brothers Equal-Weight » Overweight Corinthian Colleges (COCO)- Lehman Brothers Equal-Weight » Overweight Host Hotels (HST)- Robert W. Baird Neutral » Outperform Cit...	June 27, 2008
Will Seattle Be First U.S. City to Divest From Israel?	Aaron Katsman www.IsraelNewsletter.com If “Initiative 97″ makes it on the ballot in the fall, citizens of Seattle will be asked to approve a measure that would prohibit the city from investing its pension funds in corporations that benefit from the Iraq war, or companies that provide material support to the Israeli government within the so-called “occupied territories.” The opposition to the initiative is being led by StandWithUs.org. It strikes me as a bit odd that a mea...	May 22, 2008
Top Israeli Stocks	Earlier this month was the 60 year anniversary of the country of Israel. Last year I wrote an article about the highest yielding Israeli stocks. Since the Country just had its 60 year anniversary, now may be time to take a second look as Israel. Here are some interesting facts about the country:1. It is ranked 22nd in per capita Gross Domestic Product.2. It is ranked 23rd in terms of the Human Development Index.3. They are the foreign country with more stocks listed on NASDAQ than any other coun...	May 18, 2008
Security Software: Spending Continues On Protecting Your Stuff; Pacific Crest Upgrades Check Point, Websense	While IT budgets are being squeezed, spending on security software and hardware remains strong, Pacific Crest’s Rob Owens asserted in a research note today. He notes that “the vast majority” of companies in the sector met or beat Q1 expectations. And he says checks on the quarter to date finds “continued demand for security solutions,” though he warns of some “air pockets,” in particular for the small-and medium-sized business segment and in the U.S. gov...	May 15, 2008
Big Blue (IBM) Goes on Blue and White Shopping Spree	Aaron Katsman www.IsraelNewsletter.com Just in time for the State of Israel’s 60 birthday, IBM (IBM) continues to only buy blue and white (the colors of the Israeli flag). It looks like IBM is set to acquire Israeli storage solutions developer Diligent Technologies Corp. for $200 million. This will be the third purchase of an Israeli start-up by IBM since the beginning of ‘08. Back in Jan. IBM purchase storage technology company XIV for around $300-350 million, and last week it b...	April 17, 2008
Israeli startups snatched up like worms	Is it me or does it seem that Israeli startups are hotter than a stolen tamale? IBM (IBM) announces it’s buying ANOTHER Israeli startup. This time its FilesX, a company providing data recovery and back-up solutions for business continuity. This is on top of Big Blue’s purchase of XIV earlier this year. It does seem on the back of IBM’s activity and AOL’s (TWX) that Israel M&A is heating up — at the startup level. Eze Vidra has a very good post over at VC Caf...	April 10, 2008
Israel Opportunity Investor News Roundup 4/3/2008	It’s been a busy week for Israel investors. For those subscribers to our new subscription newsletter, Israel Opportunity Investor, they’ve seen one portfolio company, Gilat Networks (GILT), announce an acquisition for a premium. While we hate to brag and say “we told you so”, well, we told you so. Read more about how merger arbitrage investors might look at this deal. We saw CFO musical chairs this week with the Gilat CFO moving over and joining another portfolio holdi...	April 03, 2008
Software: Deutsche Bank Cautious On Software; Cuts Ests on MFE, SYMC, CHKP, CTXS, VMW; Downgrades SCUR	Deutsche Bank’s Todd Rakar has become “incrementally cautious on the infrastructure software group,” which has suffered more modest losses in recent months than other parts of the technology spectrum. He notes that 2008 growth expectations for the group “have yet to see meaningful downward revisions.” Rakar says recent checks “suggest a slowdown in IT spend.” He says companies with exposure to large deals, like VMware (VMW), CA (CA) and Citrix (CTXS) &ld...	March 31, 2008
Barron’s Follows IOI: Checkpoint is an M&A Target	Aaron Katsman www.IsraelNewsletter.com In yesterday’s Barron’s online, a story ran about potential M&A prospects and none other than the Israeli security company Checkpoint(CHKP), made the list as a potential target. To readers of our blog this comes as no surprise. Back in November we posted about the potential IBM buyout of Checkpoint. Back then Val Rahmani, IBM’s (IBM) general manager of infrastructure management for global technology services, saw security as a key to ...	March 18, 2008
Read Blogs For Investment Ideas- Then Do Research	Aaron Katsman www.IsraelNewsletter.com With the investing public inundated with information from all sides about hot stocks to buy, the question for an investor is should investments be bought sight unseen or not? In my view, the point of a blog, aside from giving me a much needed platform to run my virtual mouth, is to present investors with investment ideas. There are thousands of stocks out there, and the vast majority of the investing public is unaware that they exist. A good blog shou...	January 03, 2008

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