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Nuance Communications Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

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November 23, 2010 | Comments (0)

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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

What: Voice-recognition solution provider Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN  ) jumped as much as 12% this morning on rumors of a buyout by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL  ) .

So what: A video of  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talking about Apple's purchase of Nuance is floating around the Internet causing a stir. The company has said there is no truth to the rumor, but that didn't stop shares from shooting up this morning.

Now what: The thought is, Woz actually meant to mention Siri, a company Apple purchased in April and just made a mistake saying Nuance's name. Still, Nuance provides technology for apps by Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN  ) and IAC's (Nasdaq: IACI  ) Ask.com, so being a target for Apple isn't out of the question. I'm not usually a speculator, but I might be interested in betting on a quality company like Nuance that could add some nice technology for Apple's iPhone.

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