Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Trident Microsystems, Inc., Sony Corp., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

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: Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID), Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (NYSE: PHG), Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: INFY) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB).

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Here are highlights from Fridays Analyst Blog:

Trident Leads a Slowing Group

Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) is a leader in integrated circuits for Digital Television. While its products are used in all kinds of displays, LCD television is its most important growth market as LCD televisions take share from plasma in the market for larger screens as well as traditional CRT television sets of all sizes. Trident has design wins with major television manufacturers, including Sony (NYSE: SNE), Toshiba, and Sharp and has added Philips (NYSE: PHG) to the list.

While there have been concerns of late that the market is slowing, we feel very confident that the market will grow very rapidly over the next few years. Trident expects to have greater than a 60% share at Sony and claims that its share at Samsung could reach 80%.

Infosys Currency & Attrition Issues

Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: INFY) is the second largest IT services company in terms of revenue in India, with a base of about 94,379 employees (as of June 30th, 2008) around the globe. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, the company enables its clients to leverage its performance by utilizing its proprietary Global Delivery Model (GDM).

It continues to strengthen strategic alliances and reorganize businesses in order to counter the effects of business cycles. The company reported lower operating margins in the first quarter due to a high attrition rate, while benefiting from a 5.6% depreciation of the rupee. These effects were offset by lower utilization rates and effects of salary increase and visa costs.

Cooper Tire Adjusts Production

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) specializes in the manufacture and marketing of automotive products. The company's strategy of outsourcing production to low-cost countries and other costruction measures are some of the positive factors associated with the stock.

However, a challenging North American auto environment, elevated raw material costs and strong competition lead us to rate the stock a Hold with a six-month target price of $7.

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