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TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TQNT) increased 3.43%, to close at $13.57 and its overall traded volume was 7.17M shares during the last session against its average volume of 4.15M. TQNT opened the day at $13.09, it made an intraday low of $13.01 and an intraday high of $13.60. The stock has a 52 week low of $5.75 and 52 week high of $13.60. TQNT’s market capitalization is 2.16B and it has 159.07M outstanding shares. TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (TriQuint) is a supplier of modules, components and foundry services to communications companies. The Company offers different radio frequency (RF) and other intermediate frequency products that address three markets: handsets, networks and military systems. The Company’s products are designed on various wafer substrates, including compound semiconductor materials, such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and piezoelectric crystals, such as lithium tantalate (LiTaO3). The Company uses technologies using GaAs substrates, including heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs). Using various other substrates the Company also manufacture surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) products. In September 2009, the Company announced the acquisition of TriAccess Technologies, a provider of cable television (CATV) and fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP).

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) increased 2.25%, to close at $32.22 and its overall traded volume was 7.14M shares during the last session against its average volume of 6.86M. ADBE opened the day at $31.48, it made an intraday low of $31.42 and an intraday high of $32.24. The stock has a 52 week low of $25.45 and 52 week high of $37.80. ADBE’s market capitalization is 16.39B and it has 508.72M outstanding shares. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) is a diversified software company. The Company offers a line of creative, business, Web and mobile software and services used by creative professionals, knowledge workers, consumers, original equipment manufacturer, developers and enterprises for creating, managing, delivering and engaging with content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. It distributes its products through a network of distributors, value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and OEMs, direct to end users and through its own Website at www.adobe.com. It also licenses its technology to hardware manufacturers, software developers and service providers, and offer integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes. It has operations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia.On October 23, 2009, Adobe completed the acquisition of Omniture, Inc.

Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ:MYL) increased 0.67%, to close at $21.69 and its overall traded volume was 7.14M shares during the last session against its average volume of 6.89M. MYL opened the day at $21.38, it made an intraday low of $21.30 and an intraday high of $21.73. The stock has a 52 week low of $16.55 and 52 week high of $23.63. MYL’s market capitalization is 9.44B and it has 435.22M outstanding shares. Mylan Inc. (Mylan) is a global pharmaceutical company that develops, licenses, manufactures, markets and distributes generic and branded generic pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). It operates through two business segments: Generics and Specialty. The Generics Segment primarily develops, manufactures, sells and distributes generic or branded generic pharmaceutical products in tablet, capsule or transdermal patch form, as well as API. The Specialty Segment engages mainly in the manufacture and sale of branded specialty nebulized and injectable products. As of December 31, 2009, Mylan marketed more than 900 different products covering an array of therapeutic categories to consumers in more than 140 countries and territories across the globe. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired approximately 25% of the remaining interest in Matrix Laboratories Limited, bringing both its total ownership and control to over 96%.

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) decreased -0.81%, to close at $20.78 and its overall traded volume was 7.12M shares during the last session against its average volume of 2.65M. PTEN opened the day at $20.91, it made an intraday low of $20.22 and an intraday high of $20.98. The stock has a 52 week low of $11.85 and 52 week high of $22.67. PTEN’s market capitalization is 3.20B and it has 154.13M outstanding shares. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (Patterson-UTI) owns and operates fleets of land-based drilling rigs in the United States. The Company’s contract drilling business operates primarily in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and western Canada. As of December 31, 2009, it had a drilling fleet that consisted of 341 marketable land-based drilling rigs. It provides pressure pumping services to oil and natural gas operators primarily in the Appalachian Basin. These services consist primarily of well stimulation and cementing for completion of new wells and remedial work on existing wells. It also owns and invests in oil and natural gas assets as a working interest owner. Its oil and natural gas interests are located primarily in Texas and New Mexico. The Company exited the drilling and completion fluids services business on January 20, 2010, and sold substantially all of the assets.

Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN) increased 2.00%, to close at $22.93 and its overall traded volume was 7.04M shares during the last session against its average volume of 5.31M. CIEN opened the day at $22.34, it made an intraday low of $22.26 and an intraday high of $23.19. The stock has a 52 week low of $10.92 and 52 week high of $23.19. CIEN’s market capitalization is 2.16B and it has 94.15M outstanding shares. Ciena Corporation is a provider of communications networking equipment, software and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation and management of voice, video, and data traffic. The Company’s optical service delivery and carrier Ethernet service delivery products are used individually, or as part of an integrated solution, in communications networks operated by service providers, cable operators, governments and enterprises worldwide. It is a network specialist targeting the transition of disparate, legacy communications networks to converged, next-generation architectures, able to handle traffic and deliver a mix of high-bandwidth communications services. In March 2010, CIENA Corporation acquired the optical networking and Carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks Corporation’s+ Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business.