Today's 5-Star Movers

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August 19, 2008 | Comments (0)

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Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating that our CAPS community of more than 115,000 investors awards. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Ultra Clean Holdings
(Nasdaq: UCTT)

6.31%

Semiconductor - Specialized

1.01%

327 of 334

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Hellenic Telecommunications S.A. (ADR)

(NYSE: OTE)

3.90%

Telecom Services - Foreign

-2.89%

83 of 86

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inVentiv Health
(Nasdaq: VTIV)

3.24%

Management Services

6.44%

1045 of 1064

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Other Five-Star Semiconductor Specialized Companies:

  • Himax Technologies (Nasdaq: HIMX) up 1.11%
  • IXYS (Nasdaq: IXYS) up 1.03%

Other Five-Star Foreign Telecom Services:

  • Hutchison Telecom International Limited (ADR) (NYSE: HTX) up 1.24%
  • Brasil Telecom Part. S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: BRP) up 1.17%

Other Five-Star Management Services:

  • SM&A (Nasdaq: WINS) up 8.09%
  • Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE: WW) up 0.86%

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