Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Double Eagle Petroleum, Akamai Technologies, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and Agere Systems.CHICAGO -- 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: Double Eagle Petroleum (Nasdaq: DBLE DBLE Double ), Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. (stock abbreviation) AKAM Automated Key Access Machine ), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Summary Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is a global diversified mining company, the second largest mining company in the world, and the largest logistics operator in Brazil. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : RIO) and Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR AGR advanced gas-cooled reactor ). See the latest posts to the Analyst Blog by visiting: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2673 Here are highlights from Friday's Analyst Blog: Initiating DBLE as a Buy We are initiating coverage on Double Eagle Petroleum (Nasdaq: DBLE) with a Buy recommendation and a 12-month price target of $28. The company's Rockies-focused natural gas-heavy asset base offers a balanced mix of low-risk development drilling opportunities and high-risk/high-reward exploration prospects. We believe that Double Eagle is currently at the starting point of a multi-year growth phase, with 2009 production expected to be nearly 10 times fiscal '05 levels. This growth will come entirely through an existing pipeline of drilling opportunities. Success on the company's high-risk deep exploratory tests this year would offer additional upside. Akamai Downgraded On September 6th, we downgraded Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) to Hold as the stock has reached our $40 price target. Fundamentally, we believe the company is well positioned in its market and will benefit from industry growth. However, without a meaningful increase to forward estimates, we are hard-pressed to raise our price target beyond our new six-month price target of $42.00. RIO Pricing Favorable Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, or CVRD CVRD Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Brazilian mining company) CVRD Cowichan Valley Regional District (Vacouver Island, British Columbia, Canada) CVRD Converter, Variable Resistance, to DC Voltage (NYSE: RIO) reported second-quarter EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. of $0.77, well above our expectations of $0.63 and higher than the year-ago level of $0.71, amid strong demand and higher prices of iron ore, aluminum and non-ferous minerals. Global economic growth, particularly in China, is driving demand for minerals, especially iron ore. Demand is outpacing supply, thereby increasing prices. CVRD stands to benefit from higher prices in iron ore and aluminum. The company has also been making significant investments to increase production capacity to support stronger worldwide demand. Moreover, the economic outlook in its domestic country, Brazil, is showing improvement. We reiterate our Buy rating on RIO. Revenue Growth at Agere Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR) is an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and of semiconductor devices used within the storage, mobility and networking end markets. Third quarter revenue was just short of the consensus estimate, while the bottom line beat the estimate by a wide margin. Forward guidance calls for a 2% to 5% revenue growth in the next quarter. Revenue growth is the lynchpin lynch·pin n. Variant of linchpin. lynchpin Noun same as linchpin Noun 1. in Agere's success story, since management has completed all actions to reduce costs. The market sentiment Market Sentiment The feeling or tone of a market (i.e. crowd psychology). It is shown by the activity and price movement of the securities. Notes: For example, rising prices would indicate a bullish market sentiment. surrounding the stock is very positive. Consequently, we are reiterating our Buy rating on AGR shares. 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