MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. Issues Alerts for INTC, OVTI, MYL,

CHICAGO, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Man Securities issues the following Morning Update at 8:30 AM EST with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.

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Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for INTC, OVTI, MYL, YELL, and TIF, Market Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Oil prices are rising, interest rates are rising and the real estate sector is strong, which is another sign of inflation."

-- Harry Strunk, principal partner, Treflie Capital Management. New PriceWatch Alerts for INTC, OVTI, MYL, YELL, and TIF... PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS -- Intel Corp. Last Price 23.99 - JUL 22.50 CALL OPTION@ $2.40 -> 4.2 % Return assigned* -- OmniVision Technologies Inc. Last Price 20.21 - APR 17.50 CALL OPTION@ $3.50 -> 4.7 % Return assigned* -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. Last Price 17.60 - JUL 17.50 CALL OPTION@ $1.25 -> 7.0 % Return assigned* -- Yellow Roadway Last Price 57.75 - JUL 55.00 CALL OPTION@ $5.90 -> 6.1 % Return assigned* -- Tiffany & Company Last Price 30.15 - MAY 30.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.60 -> 5.1 % Return assigned*

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NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS

So far today, Biogen Idec Inc., Myriad Genetics Inc., and RR Donnelley and Sons Co. lead the list of companies with the most news stories while Kindred Healthcare Inc. and BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. are showing a spike in news. Sanofi-Aventis, PacificNet Inc., and Qwest Communications International Inc. have the highest srtIndex scores to top the list of companies with positive news while Payless ShoeSource Inc. and General Motors Corp. lead the list of companies with negative news reports. XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. has popped up with a high positive news sraIndex score.

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MARKET OVERVIEW

Overseas markets are a bit mixed, although there are more indices climbing than falling at this point. Eleven out of the 15 markets that we track are currently in positive territory. In Europe, the Paris CAC is leading the way, up 0.52 percent. The London FTSE and the Frankfurt Dax are currently higher by 0.44 percent and 0.46 percent, respectively. In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei closed up 0.34 percent while the Hong Kong Hang Seng dropped 0.94 percent.

Auto sales numbers will be out for the Big Three today. It will be interesting to see what transpires after yesterday's Bank of America downgrade of Ford Motor and General Motors. Also due out today are January construction spending numbers and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Index.

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DYNAMIC MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Back in 1990, US healthcare costs totaled US$696 billion. In 2004, that amount had swelled to US$1.7 trillion -- 15% of annual GDP. But by 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says that figure will soar to US$3.6 trillion -- a 4% rise from current levels and accounting for a remarkable one- fifth of the economy. It will also represent just over US$11,000 for every man, woman and child in the country -- more than double today's costs. Such rapid inflation will easily outpace regular GDP growth, placing an increasing strain on the nation's already ailing healthcare infrastructure. But more importantly, rising healthcare costs mean rising insurance premium costs -- costs that will remain higher than incomes. This doesn't bode well for the more than 40 million Americans already lacking adequate healthcare coverage. Elsewhere, investment expert at the 247profits Group Brit Ryle notes that the US Dollar continues to take center stage: "Although South Korea clarified its intent to diversify its currency reserves, the potential for foreign central banks to start dumping their dollars has the markets struggling. But I think the fear is overblown, in part because Japan can't sell its dollars. Japan depends on a weak Yen to stimulate economic growth. And the country's economy has contracted for three straight quarters, with exports slowing and the trade surplus plunging 60% in January. If Japan starts selling dollars, it will surely boost the yen. And that's something Japan just can't afford to do. There's no telling how long this fear of a big "dollar dump" will last. But Wall Street seems to have a two-week attention span. So perhaps we can get some bullishness going this week."

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TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR 7:45 a.m.: Last week's ICSC-UBS Store Sales Index (last minus 0.1%) 8:55 a.m.: Last week's Redbook Retail Sales Index (last plus 0.7%) 10:00 a.m.: February ISM Mfg Index (expected 57.0) 10:00 a.m.: January Construction Spending (expected 0.5%)

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