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HGSI, XL, UNM, MPEL, AUO, EMN Expected To Be Lower Leading Up To Next Earnings Releases


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October 21, 2009 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and October/November earnings reports. Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI), XL Capital (NYSE: XL), Unum Group (NYSE: UNM), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ: MPEL), AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN) are all expected to be lower leading up to their next earnings release. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act before its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go lower leading up to their next earnings release:

Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Date

HGSI Human Genome Sciences 12 quarters Q3 10/28/2009

XL XL Capital Ltd. October earnings Q3 10/28/2009

UNM Unum Group 12 quarters Q3 11/3/2009

MPEL Melco Crown Entertain 12 quarters Q3 11/12/2009

AUO AU Optronics Corp. October earnings Q3 10/22/2009

EMN Eastman Chemical 12 quarters Q3 10/22/2009

Earnings, or profits, drive stock prices. The market values a company based on its current and anticipated future ability to make money. The market takes the earnings pulse of a company four times per year when quarterly reports are issued. When this information is released it can often be a trend-changing or a trend confirming event because the information is so vital to the market's perception of the vitality of that company.

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Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) operates as a biopharmaceutical company in the United States. The companya�s clinical development pipeline includes novel drugs to treat hepatitis C, lupus, inhalation anthrax, and cancer. It focuses on the commercialization of Albuferon (albinterferon alfa-2b) for hepatitis C and LymphoStat-B (belimumab) for lupus. The company has completed Phase III development trials for Albuferon and is conducting two Phase III clinical trials of LymphoStat-B. It also delivers doses of ABthrax (raxibacumab) to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile for use in the event of an emergency for the treatment of inhalation anthrax. In addition, the company has various drugs in the earlier stages of clinical development for the treatment of cancer, led by the TRAIL receptor antibody HGS-ETR1 and a small-molecule antagonist of IAP (inhibitor of apoptosis) proteins. Further, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., through a strategic collaboration agreement with GlaxoSmithKline, has substantial financial rights to certain products in the GlaxoSmithKline clinical pipeline, including darapladib that is in Phase III development as a treatment for coronary heart disease; and Syncria (albiglutide), which is in Phase III development as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. Additionally, it has a strategic commercial collaboration agreement with Novartis International Pharmaceutical, Ltd. for the co-development and commercialization of Albuferon; and a strategic licensing and collaboration agreement with Aegera Therapeutics, Inc. to develop and commercialize HGS1029 and other small-molecule inhibitors of IAP (inhibitor of apoptosis) proteins in oncology. Human Genome Sciences, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

XL Capital Ltd (NYSE: XL), through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance coverages to industrial, commercial, and professional service firms, as well as insurance companies and other enterprises worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Insurance, Reinsurance, Life Operations, and Other Financial lines. Its Insurance segment offers risk management products, including property and casualty insurance programs, umbrella liability, products recall, workersa� compensation, property catastrophe, and primary master property and liability coverages; and specialty lines products comprising professional liability, environmental liability, aviation and satellite, marine and offshore, equine, and other insurance coverages. The companya�s Reinsurance segment provides treaty and facultative reinsurance to primary insurers of casualty and property risks, including general liability, professional liability, automobile and workersa� compensation, commercial and personal property risks, property catastrophe, property excess of loss, property pro-rata, marine and energy, aviation and satellite, and various other reinsurance, as well as specialty risks comprising fidelity and surety, and ocean marine. Its Life Operations segment offers a range of underlying lines of life assurance, including term assurances, group life, critical illness cover, immediate annuities, disability income cover, and short-term accident and health, as well as life reinsurance. XL Capitala�s Other Financial lines segment comprises guaranteed investment contract (GIC) and funding agreement (FA) businessses. GICs and FAs provide users with guaranteed rates of interest on amounts invested with the company. The company was formerly known as EXEL Limited and changed its name to XL Capital Ltd in February 1999. XL Capital was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Unum Group (NYSE: UNM), together with its subsidiaries, provides group and individual disability insurance products in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company also provides a portfolio of other insurance products, including long-term care insurance, life insurance, employer and employee-paid group benefits, and related services. It offers group long-term and short-term disability; group life and accidental death, and dismemberment; individual disability; group and individual long-term care; voluntary benefits; group and individual life; accident, sickness, and disability; and cancer and critical illness insurance products. The company also provides individual life and corporate-owned life insurance, reinsurance pools and management operations, group pension, health insurance, and individual annuities, as well as offers brokerage voluntary benefits. It markets its products primarily to employers interested in providing benefits to their employees. The company was formerly known as UnumProvident Corporation and changed its name to Unum Group in February 2007. Unum Group was founded in 1848 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MPEL), through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, ownership, and operation of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities in Macau. The company owns and operates Crown Macau resort that features a casino area of approximately 183,000 square feet with approximately 255 gaming tables and 95 gaming machines, as well as hotel rooms, fine dining and casual restaurants, recreation and leisure facilities, and meeting facilities; Mocha Clubs, which provide single player machines with various games, including progressive jackpots; and multi-player games where players on linked machines play against each other in electronic roulette, baccarat, and sicbo. As of March 9, 2009, the company operated 8 Mocha Clubs in Macau with a total of approximately 1,345 gaming machines. In addition, it owns and operates Taipa Square Casino with approximately 18,300 sq. ft. of gaming space and features approximately 31 gaming tables servicing rolling chip and mass market patrons. Further, Melco Crown Entertainment is developing City of Dreams project, an integrated urban entertainment resort, combining casino with hotel offerings, entertainment venues, a performance theatre, retail, and food and beverage outlets. The company was formerly known as Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited and changed its name to Melco Crown Entertainment Limited in May 2008. Melco Crown Entertainment Limited was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.

AU Optronics Corp. (NYSE: AUO) engages in the design, development, manufacture, assembly, and marketing of thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels and other flat panel displays. The company's TFT-LCD panels are used in computer products, such as notebook computers and desktop monitors; consumer electronics products comprising mobile phones, digital photo frames, digital still cameras, portable navigation display, portable digital versatile disk players, digital camcorders, automobile display, and amusement and printer displays; and LCD televisions and industrial displays. It sells its panels principally to original equipment manufacturing service providers in Taiwan, the Peoplea�s Republic of China, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Acer Display Technology, Inc. and changed its name to AU Optronics Corp. in May 2001. AU Optronics Corp. was founded in 1996 and is based in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) engages in manufacturing and selling chemicals, plastics, and fibers in the United States. The company operates in five segments: Coatings, Adhesives, Specialty Polymers, and Inks (CASPI); Fibers; Performance Chemicals and Intermediates (PCI); Performance Polymers; and the Specialty Plastics (SP). The CASPI segment manufactures liquid vehicles, additives, specialty polymers, and other raw materials that are used in paints and coatings, inks, adhesives, and other formulated products. The Fibers segment offers Estron acetate tow and Estrobond triacetin plasticizers used in cigarette filters; Estron natural and Chromspun solution-dyed acetate yarns for use in apparel, home furnishings, and industrial fabrics; and cellulose acetate flake and acetyl raw materials for acetate fiber producers. The PCI segment offers intermediates; performance chemicals; and complex organic molecules, such as diketene derivatives, specialty ketones, and specialty anhydrides for pharmaceutical, fiber, and food and beverage ingredients, which are used in specialty market applications. This segmenta�s products are used in various markets and end uses, including agrochemical, automotive, beverages, nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, toys, photographic and imaging, household products, polymers, textiles, and industrials. The Performance Polymers segment provides polyethylene terephthalate for use in beverage and food packaging, as well as in custom-care and cosmetics packaging, health care and pharmaceutical uses, household products, carpet fibers, and industrial packaging applications. The SP segment offers cellulosic plastics and specialty copolyesters, which are used in specialty packaging, in-store fixtures and displays, consumer and durable goods, medical goods, personal care and consumer packaging, photographic film, optical film, fibers/nonwovens, tapes/labels, and LCDa�s. The Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.

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