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Barron’s Digest March 12, 2007

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According to Barron’s that Medtronic (MDT) could be a bargin. It is getting a larger share of the defibrillator market. It is also doing well in remote patient monitoring.

Barnes & Noble (BKS) could be an LBO candidate. The company has excellent cash flow an large investors plus the founding family own a large portion of the shares.

Constellation Energy (CEG) has more than doubled since mid-2004, but with the demand for energy still risin the shares have a 20% upside.

Oracle’s (ORCL) proposed purchase of Hyperion Solutions (HYSL) has cast the light on accounting for software acqusitions. Barron’s technology weekly does not like the way that Nuance Communications (NUAN) and Open Text (OTEX) account for their acquisitions. Balance sheet management may be inflating earnings.

Openwave (OPWV) may be on the market. Its largest shareholder, Harninger Capital, is pushing for changes. Goldman figures the company could be worth $12 to $14.

Synopsys (SNPS) is a big supplier to the computer chip industry. The stock could be worth 25% to 40% more than where it trades.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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