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AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH), the world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions, released their Q1/2008 earnings and held their analyst conference call Monday, April 28th after the market closed.

As a result of AuthenTec’s latest earnings release as well as rapidly accelerating business trends, which go way above and beyond my expectations, I have upgraded my opinion on AuthenTec from a HOLD to a BUY.

What follows is a summary of AuthenTec’s earnings announcement, conference call highlights, and my reasons for the upgrade.

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As usual PeakStocks.com portfolio recommendation AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH), a maker of patented fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume personal computer (PC), wireless device, and access control markets, continues to innovate and execute.

I wanted to update you on latest happenings in which AuthenTec has made an acquisition, released a brand new fingerprint sensor technology (their 3rd new sensor/enhancement since the beginning of the year), and updated their earnings expectations as a result of that acquisition.

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Boeing Gives AAR a Begrudging Acknowledgment

I suppose we can all breath a collective sigh of relief to the news that Boeing (NYSE: BA) has “officially” cleared AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) of any wrongdoing in their purported FAA violations in painting certain model landing-gear truck beams in ways that were not kosher. Read the rest of this entry »

A more thorough and detailed analysis of SoundBite Communication’s (Nasdaq: SDBT) last quarterly and full-year 2007 report and reevaluation of the company’s financials and fundamentals, have only reinforced my original investment thesis.

SoundBite is the dominant player in their niche (Automated Voice Messaging/Customer Contact Solutions), growing faster than their overall market and taking market share away from competitors.

In addition, their dirt cheap valuation relative to their fundamentals leaves me scratching my head as to how Wall Street can be so wrong about this company, and compels me to re-recommend SoundBite as an immediate BUY.

If you haven’t already done so, you need to add shares of SoundBite to your portfolio, here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »

FAA Finds Landing Gear Not Properly Maintained

One of the cogent risk factors when dealing with a company like AAR is the very fact that they are intimately intertwined with many important aspects of airline maintenance and repair, and as such, are responsible for the work they perform on these planes and anything that may go wrong with the work they do.

Along those lines, on March 25th, the FAA issued a Unapproved Parts Notification (UPN) letter that stated that during a multi-year investigation, which lasted from the start of 2001 through Nov. 26, 2007, the FAA found that the AAR landing gear service center in Miami “improperly maintained and approved for return to service” parts used in Boeing (NYSE: BA) 707, 747, 757 and 767 planes. Read the rest of this entry »