Strength in License and On-Demand Revenue Drives Improved Operating Margin and Operating Cash Flow

4Q09 revenue was $572 million

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NUAN)

F4Q09 Earnings Call

November 23, 2009 5:00 pm ET

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Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Daniel Ives – FBR Capital Markets. Daniel Ives – FBR Capital Markets Could you for next year talk about implied in your guidance for fiscal 2010 what type of growth you are looking for...

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), the world's largest medical device maker, reports fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell and analysts are looking for a profit of 74c on revenue of $3.57B.

If you're looking for an ETF play on Medtronic's numbers, try the iShares Dow Jones US Medical Devices ETF (NYSE: IHI). The ETF Professor recommended IHI on November 4 and the ETF is up about 1.5% since that call.

IHI also holds St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) and Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) among other names, but Medtronic is the largest holding at 10.71%, so keep an eye on IHI tomorrow and perhaps beyond as a longer-term play.

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Analog Devices gave better-than-expected guidance for the fiscal first quarter of 2010 while fiscal fourth-quarter earnings also beat analyst estimates.

Tyson Foods Inc. said it made strides in the meat business this year and predicts more improvements next year, but analysts worry the company's all-important chicken business is lagging others in the industry.

More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S. history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

The animal-rights activist who infiltrated the University of Utah's animal-research labs this year is the same woman who was involved in a similar operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center two years ago, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.

More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S. history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

Most parents have been through it, the howls, the miserable faces, the flailing limbs of infants in such distress that it will take hours to calm them down.

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