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Network Equipment Technologies Inc. (NWK), Sanmina-SCI Corporation (SANM), and Gibraltar Industries Inc. (ROCK) are today’s featured story stocks as the market ended higher on the day. Featured Story Stocks Network Equipment Technologies Inc. [[NWK]] – Shares of the voice and data networking solutions provider rose sharply higher after announcing that it would present at the Second Annual Needham Broadband TechDay on November ...

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Increased worker productivity and lower than expected jobless claims sent the markets soaring during the midday with the Dow leaping 179 points to 9981. Nasdaq jumped 45 points to 2100.

Tech stocks advance as gains from the likes of Cisco Systems Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. help power a rally across the sector.

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A Look at Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) and Micrus Endovascular Corp. (Nasdaq: MEND) Sanmina-SCI (SANM) is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and [...]

As an engineering-focused EMS player and a leading provider of electronic manufacturing services [EMS] to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), we believe Plexus Corp. (PLXS) is well positioned to benefit from the increasing trend of outsourcing at the medical, industrial and defense/aerospace OEMs. Revenue growth at Plexus has been above expectations, with a growth of 19.1% in [...]

(PLXS) Plexus: Earnings Preview

Although Apple (AAPL) serves a somewhat different client base, it does compete with Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) amongst others. The desktop market has declined significantly, and this will impact the computer companies and their suppliers. Intel (INTC) has announced their results and they were not good. Western Digital (WDC) and NVIDIA ...

Late on Wednesday, iPhone maker Apple said its first quarter net income rose to $1.61 billion, or $1.78 a share, from $1.58 billion, or $1.76 a share in the corresponding quarter a year ago.[More...]

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