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Technology Stocks : CheckFree Holdings Corp. (CKFR), the next Dell, Intel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: metalia who wrote (19994)	3/4/2003 8:05:30 AM
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Gregory Spear Highlights the Following Stocks: Avant Immunotherapeutics, Cepheid, Garmin, Checkfree, and Ebay Tuesday March 4, 6:01 am ET CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003--The rush for security can make winners out of the most unlikeliest of sectors. Gregory Spear explains why e-commerce could be an area of interest during these tense geo-political times, and proves his point with a couple of recommendations and more. Get information on Avant Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:AVAN - News), Cepheid (NASDAQ:CPHD - News), Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN - News), Checkfree (NASDAQ:CKFR - News) and Ebay (NASDAQ:EBAY - News). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: featuredexpert2bw.zacks.com Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column: A company like Avant Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:AVAN - News), which has an advanced vaccine technology that is applicable to mass vaccination protocols, is grateful to get a few million dollars of research money. And companies like Cepheid (NASDAQ:CPHD - News), which make small, portable DNA detectors that can identify the presence of anthrax in 90 minutes, are still getting piecemeal pilot contracts from the United States Postal Services, rather than massive government orders. Fortunately, CPHD has other applications for its technology and it should be able to diversify over the next few years into a variety of medical markets. Generally, the SSIA companies that are doing the best, such Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN - News), have one foot in the government IT/security world and another in the private commercial sector of the economy. If mail becomes weaponized in the future, bill paying will migrate to the web in a big way. Checkfree (NASDAQ:CKFR - News) is a leading provider of web-based e-commerce billing and payment services to businesses. CKFR primarily works behind the scenes serving businesses, not retail customers. They have software that improves the customer friendliness and efficiency of credit card companies, automated recurring payment businesses and they provide the software for numerous brokerage interfaces. The company recently reported sustained revenue growth across all it divisions. They aren't profitable yet, but things are improving and with over $200 million on the books in cash, CKFR appears to be a survivor of the IT spending wars. . . biz.yahoo.com