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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:42:49 PM

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News for 'AKAM' - (Zacks.com Announces that Donald Rowe Highlights the Following Stocks: Akamai Technologies, Eclipsys Corporation, Anixter International, Corn Products International and Albemarle Corporation)


CHICAGO, Dec 13, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Donald Rowe, editor of the Wall Street
Digest newsletter, explains that in the falling-dollar environment, smart U.S.
investors are diversifying abroad. Read about Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(Nasdaq:AKAM), Eclipsys Corporation (Nasdaq:ECLP), Anixter International, Inc.
(NYSE:AXE), Corn Products Int'l, Inc. (NYSE:CPO) and Albemarle Corporation
(NYSE:ALB). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com:
http://at.zacks.com/?id=84

Highlights from the November 26 Featured Expert column by Donald Rowe include:

Stock profiles include the following:

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKAM) is a leading global service provider for
the accelerated delivery of Internet content and business processes. The company
operates 20,000 servers across 1,000 networks in 2,400 locations in the U.S.,
Europe, and Japan.

Over the past four quarters, Akamai Technologies has realized earnings growth of
71%, 67%, 70% and 60% on sales increases of 47%, 56%, 51% and 44%, respectively.
The company is expecting earnings of $0.87 per share in 2006, a 67% increase
from last year. There are 156.4 million shares outstanding. Funds and financial
institutions own 37% of the shares, while management owns 8% of the shares.

Eclipsys Corporation (Nasdaq:ECLP) is a leading provider of advanced clinical,
financial and management information software and service solutions to more than
1,500 healthcare facilities. The company's "best of breed" software and services
help healthcare organizations improve the quality of care and the level of
patient satisfaction, while reducing costs and enhancing revenues.

Over the past four quarters, Eclipsys Corporation has realized earnings growth
of 60%, 999%, 127% and 267% on sales increases of 11%, 7%, 19% and 21%,
respectively. The company is expecting earnings of $0.53 per share in 2006, a
783% increase from last year. There are currently 52.2 million shares
outstanding. Funds and financial institutions own 32% of the shares, while
management owns 14% of the shares.

Other WSD recommended stocks include:

Anixter International, Inc. (NYSE:AXE) is a leading global distributor of
communication products used in building enterprise and service provider data,
voice and video networks. In addition, Anixter is a leading distributor of
specialty wire and cable products to original equipment manufacturers and to
industrial companies for maintenance and repair operations.

Corn Products Int'l, Inc. (NYSE:CPO) is one of the world's leading corn
refiners. Dating back almost a century, Corn Products International is a leading
supplier of products from the corn refining process -- sweeteners and starches.

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) is a major producer of fine and performance
chemicals including polymer intermediates, cleaning product intermediates and
additives, agricultural chemical intermediates, pharmaceutical intermediates,
catalysts, brominated flame retardants, bromine chemicals and potassium and
chlorine chemicals.

Read Donald Rowe's commentary about diversifying abroad, receive more
information on the companies above and check out more stocks by clicking:
http://at.zacks.com/?id=85

About Zacks Featured Experts

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can help investors achieve their financial goals in good markets and improve
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SOURCE: Zacks.com



CONTACT: Zacks.comAlex Kolb, 312-630-9880 x149pr@zacks.comwww.Zacks.com




Copyright Business Wire 2006

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an automated pattern recognition system, indicated an UPTREND on
07-25-2006 for ALB @ $48.47.

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10-24-2006 for AXE @ $59.13.

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