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Today's 5-Star Movers

By Motley Fool Staff
February 23, 2009 | Comments (0)

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Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating awarded by our CAPS community of more than 125,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

	Up Today	Sector	Sector Past 30 Days	Fools Saying Outperform	Research
MTN GROUP Ltd. (OTC BB: MTNOY)	10.98%	Wireless Telecommunication Services	3.33%	59 of 60	Research
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF)	10.72%	Energy Equipment and Services	(11.71%)	330 of 334	Research
GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY)	10.67%	Commercial Services and Supplies	(8.14%)	416 of 430	Research

Other Five-Star Wireless Telecommunication Services: Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (ADR) (NYSE: TKC) up 1.92%; Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE: PHI) up 0.33%
Other Five-Star Energy Equipment and Services: OMNI Energy Services Corp. (Nasdaq: OMNI) up 4.71%; Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) up 1.92%
Other Five-Star Commercial Services and Supplies: Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: PESI) up 2.14%; Covanta Holding Corp (NYSE: CVA) up 0.11%

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