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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Magma Design Shares Slide On Weak FY Q1 Outlook	Magma Design Automation (LAVA), maker of EDA software tools, reported revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended April 6 of $55 million, short of the Street consensus of $57.1 million. Non-GAAP EPS was 17 cents, a penny better than the consensus. For the fiscal first quarter, the company sees revenue of $50 million to $51.5 million, with non-GAAP profits of 7-9 cents a share; that is well shy of the Street at $56.6 million and 14 cents. There’s nothing hot about LAVA shares: after hours, ...	May 01, 2008
Cadence Shrs Rise As Q1 Revs Top Ests; ‘08 View Beats	Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) shares are modestly higher in after hours trading after the company reported Q1 revenue of $287 million, ahead of the Street estimate of $284.3 million. Non-GAAP profits of 4 cents a share were in line with expectations. Cadence sees Q2 revenue of $310 million to $320 million, with non-GAAP profits of 13-15 cents; the Street had expected $312.6 million and 15 cents. For the year, Cadence sees revenue of $1.49 billion to $1.54 billion, with non-GAAP profits of $1.14 ...	April 23, 2008
ANSS: Investors Don’t Like Ansoft Acquisition	This morning Ansys (ANSS) announced it would buy Ansoft (ANST) for $16.25 per share in cash and 0.431882 shares of Ansys. A conference call discussing the deal will be webcast at 11:30 EST. Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance EDA software. The software is based on more than 25 years of research and development by world-renowned experts in electromagnetics, circuit and system simulation. Engineers use Ansoft products to simulate high-performance electronics designs found in mobile ...	March 31, 2008
Synopsys: FY Q1 Tops Ests; Q2, 2008 Outlook In Line	Synopsys (SNPS) this afternoon reported revenue for its fiscal first quarter ended January 31 of $315.5 million, with non-GAAP EPS of 44 cents, beating the Street at $312.9 million and 38 cents. For the fiscal second quarter, SNPS sees revenue of $317 million to $325 million, with non-GAAP EPS of 37-39 cents. That is about in line with the Street estimates of $320.86 million and 38 cents. For the fiscal year ending October 2008, the EDA software company sees revenue of $1.3 billion to $1.315 bil...	February 20, 2008
Pre-Market Stock News (APR 5, 2007)	(AAPL) Apple unveiled some discounting yesterday for its new widescreen cinema monitors.(ABN) ABN AMRO now may get a bid from Royal Bank of Scotland according to overseas reports.(ATRS) Altiris shareholders approved the Symantec buyout as expected.(BKS) Barnes & Noble found numerous cases of options backdating from 1996 to 2006.(BLUD) Immucor $0.21 EPS vs $0.20e.(CMI) Cummins Engine noted as a buy on Cramer’s Mad Money.(DELL) IN a filing Dell said it is delaying its annual report; puts EPS...	April 05, 2007
Upgrades & Downgrades on Wall Street (MAR 21, 2007)	AA cut to Underweight at Prudential (stock down almost 1%).AAI raised to Overweight at JPMorgan (stock up 2%).AFL raised to Outperform at KBW.AL cut to Neutral at Prudential.AMAG started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.AXL raised to Buy at UBS.BWLD cut to Hold at Jefferies (indicated down $1.00+, no volume).CLX raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.DF cut to Neutral at Prudential.DPM cut to Hold at Citigroup.EDA started as Buy at First Albany.FIG started as Buy at B of A; started as Buy at Goldman Sachs; sta...	March 21, 2007
Earlybird Analyst Calls (MAR 21, 2007)	AA cut to Underweight at Prudential.AFL raised to Outperform at KBW.AL cut to Neutral at Prudential.AMAG started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.AXL raised to Buy at UBS.BWLD cut to Hold at Jefferies.CLX raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.EDA started as Buy at First Albany.FIG started as Buy at B of A; started as Hold at Citigroup.Started as Overweight at Lehman.GHL cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.MSCC raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.NCC cut to Underperform at KBW.NGLS started as Outperform at Wachov...	March 21, 2007

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