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FNB, ASIA, WRB, CRS, BOH, LAZ Expected To Be Up Before Next Earnings Releases

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January 3, 2011 / 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 January earnings reports. FNB CORP (NYSE:FNB), ASIAINFO HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:ASIA), WR BERKLEY CORP (NYSE:WRB), CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY (NYSE:CRS), BANK OF HAWAII CORP (NYSE:BOH), LAZARD LTD-CL A (NYSE:LAZ) are all expected to be Up Before their earnings are released . 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 after 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 Up Before earnings are released :

     Symbol     Company                             # of Reports            Quarter     Release Date
     FNB        FNB CORP                            6 Quarter               Q4          01/24/2011
     ASIA       ASIAINFO HOLDINGS INC               12 Quarter              Q4          01/27/2011
     WRB        WR BERKLEY CORP                     6 Quarter               Q4          02/02/2011
     CRS        CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY                6 Quarter               Q2          01/25/2011
     BOH        BANK OF HAWAII CORP                 6 Quarter               Q4          01/24/2011
     LAZ        LAZARD LTD-CL A                     6 Quarter               Q4          02/03/2011

This technology is designed to help the stock trader identify those companies that seem to have a consistent pattern of movement before or after the earnings release date, based on the history of earnings releases for that company. It combines a calendar of expected earnings releases with a history of past earnings releases in a way that lets you see if a pattern exists.

FNB CORP (NYSE:FNB) - F.N.B. Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services to consumers and small to medium-sized businesses. The company operates in four segments: Community Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance, and Consumer Finance. The Community Banking segment offers various commercial banking services, including commercial and individual demand, savings, and time deposit accounts; and commercial, mortgage, and individual installment loans. The Wealth Management segment provides a range of personal and corporate fiduciary services, such as the administration of decedent and trust estates. It also offers various alternative products, including securities brokerage and investment advisory services, mutual funds, and annuities. The Insurance segment operates as a full-service insurance agency that offers commercial and personal insurance through various carriers; acts as a reinsurer to underwrite credit life, and accident and health insurance; and offers title insurance products. The Consumer Finance segment involves in making personal installment loans to individuals; and purchasing installment sales finance contracts from retail merchants. As of December 31, 2009, it had 224 community banking offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and 57 consumer finance offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Tennessee. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.

ASIAINFO HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:ASIA) - AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. provides telecommunications software solutions, and information technology (IT) security products and services for telecommunications service providers, as well as to other enterprises in China. Its AsiaInfo Technologies division provides software products and services, which enable customers to build, maintain, operate, manage, and continuously enhance their communications infrastructure and services in the telecom market. This divisions products and services to the telecommunications industry, primarily to China's telecom carriers, include various software product suites, each of which is given the name of Open because the software installed is designed with open architecture to facilitate further development and customization for specific purposes. It integrates a combination of these products, together with various services, into customized solutions that address individual customer needs. The companys Lenovo-AsiaInfo division offers IT security products, such as firewall and virtual private network (VPN) products for a range of industries within the small to medium-sized enterprise market in China. This division also offers various IT security services, including consulting, implementation, management, and training. AsiaInfo-Linkage also involves in researching, designing, and developing information technology solutions and software products, as well as in upgrading the existing software products to enhance scalability and performance, and to provide added features and functions. The company was formerly known as AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. as a result of its merger with Linkage Technologies International Holdings Limited on July 1, 2010. AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China.

WR BERKLEY CORP (NYSE:WRB) - W.R. Berkley Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates in the property casualty insurance business in the United States and internationally. The company operates in five segments: Specialty, Regional, Alternative Markets, Reinsurance, and International. The Specialty segment underwrites third-party liability risks, including excess and surplus, premises operations, commercial automobile, property, products liability, and professional liability lines. The Regional segment provides commercial insurance products to small-to-mid-sized businesses, and state and local governmental entities in the United States. It sells its products through a network of non-exclusive independent agents. The Alternative Markets segment engages in insuring, reinsuring, and administering self-insurance programs and other alternative risk transfer mechanisms to commercial and governmental entities employers, employer groups, insurers, and other groups or entities seeking alternative ways to manage their exposure to risks. It offers workers compensation insurance products. This segment also provides claims, administrative, and consulting services. The Reinsurance segment underwrites property casualty reinsurance on a treaty and facultative basis. It underwrites specialty lines of business, including professional liability, umbrella, workers compensation, commercial automobile, and trucking. The International segment offers commercial and personal property casualty insurance, professional indemnity, directors and officers liability, medical malpractice, general liability, construction risks, personal accident and travel products, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, South America, Australia, southeast Asia, and Canada. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY (NYSE:CRS) - Carpenter Technology Corporation manufactures, fabricates, and distributes specialty metals primarily in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mexico, and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Advanced Metals Operations and Premium Alloys Operations. The Advanced Metals Operations segment manufactures and distributes metal alloys, stainless steels, and titanium in the form of small bars and rods, wire, narrow strip, and powder. It offers its products in various end-use markets, including the aerospace, industrial, consumer, automotive, and medical industries. This segment sells its products under the Carpenter, Dynamet, Talley, Carpenter Powder Products, and Aceros Fortuna brand names. The Premium Alloys Operations segment provides metal alloys and stainless steels in the form of ingots, billets, large bars, and hollows. It primarily serves the aerospace and energy industries under the Carpenter brand name. This segment also offers conversion processing of metal for other specialty metals companies. The company distributes its products directly from its production plants, and through distribution network and independent distributors. Carpenter Technology Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

BANK OF HAWAII CORP (NYSE:BOH) - Bank of Hawaii Corporation operates as the holding company for Bank of Hawaii that provides a range of financial services and products in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The company operates in four segments: Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Investment Services, and Treasury. The Retail Banking segment offers financial products and services to consumers and small businesses. It offers loan and lease products, which include residential mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, automobile loans and leases, and installment loans; deposit products that consist of checking, savings, and time deposit accounts; and retail life insurance products and merchant services to small business customers. This segment also offers online and mobile banking services. The Commercial Banking segments product lines comprise corporate banking, commercial real estate loans, commercial lease financing, auto dealer financing, and deposit and cash management. It offers commercial lending, deposit, and cash management services to middle-market and large companies; and commercial real estate mortgages to investors, developers, and builders domiciled in Hawaii. In addition, this segment provides syndicated lending activities and international banking. The Investment Services segment provides private banking, trust services, asset management, and institutional investment advisory services. It serves individuals and families, high-net-worth individuals, corporations, government entities, and foundations. This segment also provides brokerage services for equities, mutual funds, life insurance, and annuity products. The Treasury segment offers corporate asset and liability management services, including interest rate risk management and foreign exchange services. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 71 Hawaii branch locations, 12 branches in the Pacific Islands, and 485 ATMs in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

LAZARD LTD-CL A (NYSE:LAZ) - Lazard Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm worldwide. The companys Financial Advisory segment offers a range of services regarding mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory matters, restructurings and capital structure advisory services, capital raising, and various other corporate finance matters, which include evaluating potential acquisition targets, providing valuation analyses, evaluating and proposing financial and strategic alternatives, rendering opinions, assisting in the negotiating and closing the acquisition, and assisting in executing an acquisition by acting as a dealer-manager in transactions structured as a tender or exchange offer. This segment primarily serves consumer; financial institutions; financial sponsors; healthcare and life sciences; industrial; power and energy/infrastructure; real estate; and technology, media, and telecommunications industries. Its Asset Management segment provides investment management and advisory services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries, private clients, and investment vehicles. It also offers equity, fixed income, and cash management and alternative investment strategies to clients. The company was founded in 1848 and is based in New York, New York.

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