Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Endesa-Chile, Liberty Property Trust, TC PipeLines and CuraGen Corp.CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Endesa-Chile (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EOC EOC Emergency Operations Center EOC Equal Opportunities Commission (UK) EOC Educational Opportunity Center EOC End Of Course EOC Epithelial Ovarian Cancer EOC Environment of Care (JCAHO) ) as the Bull of the Day and Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY LRY Liberal Religious Youth (Unitarian Universalist church; now Young Religious Unitarian Universalists) ) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on TC PipeLines (Nasdaq: TCLP TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (US EPA) TCLP total concentrate leachate procedure TCLP Type Classification Limited Procurement TCLP Type Classification Limited Production ) and CuraGen Corporation (Nasdaq: CRGN). Full analysis of all four stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676. Here is a synopsis of all four stocks: Bull of the Day: Our Bull of the Day recommendation is for Endesa-Chile (NYSE: EOC). First quarter results were positive, and the short-to-medium-term outlook for electricity demand in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. remains encouraging. The economic outlook for Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. remains very positive in the short term and electricity demand should keep growing. Additionally, the favorable precipitation precipitation, in chemistry precipitation, in chemistry, a process in which a solid is separated from a suspension, sol, or solution. In a suspension such as sand in water the solid spontaneously precipitates (settles out) on standing. during the first part of 2007 in South America will help keep generation costs down and earnings up in the very short term. Bear of the Day: Our Bear of the Day recommendation is for Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY). Operating results are improving and Liberty slightly exceeded our 1Q estimates ($0.80 reported vs. $0.78 estimates). Same store occupancies are rising along with rental rates in most of LRY's markets. Liberty is focusing on repositioning repositioning Laparoscopic surgery The changing of a Pt's position during a procedure to improve access or visualization of the operative field, which may be linked to complications, as it changes anatomic planes of operation. Cf Laparoscopic surgery. its portfolio, which could prove beneficial down the road, although we expect earnings dilution as the company continues to exit Detroit. We still rate LRY a sell despite a low comparative valuation. Occupancies are soft in many of the company's core markets, and we do not expect rent increases to continue throughout the year. The company has a large development pipeline that is only 50% leased, which poses a real risk if the economy softens later this year. We expect minimal earnings growth in 2007. Analyst Blog: We are upgrading TC PipeLines (Nasdaq: TCLP) units to Buy from Hold following the partnership's better-than-expected first-quarter 2007 results. We believe that the partnership's much improved distribution-growth prospects, stemming largely from the roughly $1.5 billion worth of acquisitions completed in the recent past, are not reflected in its discounted valuation relative to the peer group. CuraGen Corporation (Nasdaq: CRGN) is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing genomic-based drugs for the treatment of various diseases. The company is progressing very well with both its clinical programs and genome sequencing business. The sale of 454 Life Sciences to Roche will reduce CuraGen's top line growth dramatically in the coming years, but will strength its balance sheet. The company now will focus on its cancer programs. Get the full analysis of all four stocks by going to http://at.zacks.com/?id=2649. About the Bull and Bear of the Day Every day, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research select two stocks that are likely to outperform (Bull) or underperform (Bear) the markets over the next 3-6 months. About the Analyst Blog Updated throughout every trading day In Business, the trading day is the time span that a particular stock exchange is open. For example, the New York Stock Exchange is, as of 2006, open from 09:30AM to 4:00PM. 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