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The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Time Traveler The semiconductor design software maker underpromised and overdelivered in Q4.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Tech Stock on Sale Synopsys had a bad year -- or did it? While the chip design-software maker's stock would still look pricey at half its current market cap, any significant drop in price should perhaps be viewed as a buying opportunity.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 Rich Smith	Synopsys Sees Ghosts: Past, Present, and Future Although Synopsis turned in a great year, looking forward, cash from operations may be drying up.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 Rich Smith	Synopsys: You Can't Win 'Em All Synopsys' success is in the eye of the beholder. Shares are up nearly 2% in after-hours trading; whether or not that's justified.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2005 Rich Smith	Too Early for a Full Synopsys GAAP numbers remain screwy for the software maker. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys of a Stock Slide Wall Street is right to sell Synopsys, but it's doing so for the wrong reason.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Synopsys Slides Four trading days after releasing its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings report, the semiconductor design software maker continues its slow slide down the slope.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Is Hewlett-Packard Crazy? Hewlett-Packard recently announced that its future is looking brighter and it's tripling its planned share repurchases, upping the limit to $12 billion worth of stock. Is it a good move?
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Some Growth Costs Too Much Programmable chip maker Synopsys acquires hardware products maker Synplicity for $227 million. Is it a smart move?
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys The chip manufacturing software company reports fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys Oversimplified The maker of semiconductor design software is set to report its third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scorning Synopsys The semi-conductor design software maker is set to report its first-quarter numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Nordstrom Doubles Down Fresh from completing its last buyback of $1 billion worth of shares, the retailer announced that it's digging into its purse for another $1.5 billion worth of spare change with which to finance a shopping spree on its own shares.
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The Motley Fool November 29, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Summing Up Synopsys The software maker expects profits -- pro forma and otherwise. Investors will be faced with a common quandary among companies whose "analysts" insist more on confusing investors than educating them.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Analysts Duped Under-promise, over-deliver. That's the key to keeping investors happy, to preserving management credibility, and yes, to 5% one-day stock price rises such as the one Synopsys is currently enjoying.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Big Buybacks Some big companies are planning big buybacks, benefiting investors. IBM... Pfizer... etc.
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The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Staples Secures Shares Wall Street's buyback binge continues. Staples had a $1.5 billion buyback plan in place already, but it had burned through $1.2 billion of its authorization and decided a re-up was in order.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Intel Missed? Big Whoop. The chip maker's earnings slip is no big deal for investors.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Anders Bylund	Synopsis on Synopsys: Fool by Numbers The semiconductor design software maker released fourth-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials Leads the Way Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials is ready to report Q3 earnings next week. Here is what analysts will be looking for.
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The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scoping Out Synopsys The microchip manufacturing software developer is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool July 19, 2011 Anand Chokkavelu	10 Software Companies Near 52-Week Lows Trolling the bottom for upside potential.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Synopsys Dodges Two Bullets Two shots of bad news leave the tech company's stock unharmed.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Richard Gibbons	Share Buybacks Aren't All Equal In the right circumstances -- when a company has excess capital and undervalued shares -- share repurchases are great for shareholders. But if the company is repurchasing overvalued shares, the buyback can actually be a sign of poor management.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2004 Mark Mahorney	The MoSys Synopsys: A Rip-Off Chip-design software company Synopsys announced Monday that it will acquire Monolithic System Technology for $13.50 a share in a half-stock, half-cash deal expected to close in May. I think Synopsys got ripped off, though. Here's why, in a nutshell.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Superior Synopsys The company, which makes the software that controls the equipment that makes semiconductors, is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 8 in a Row for Synopsys In advance of earnings, analysts wonder whether Synopsys will beat their estimates for the eighth quarter in a row.
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The Motley Fool November 10, 2005 Rich Smith	Cisco Gets a C Cisco gets at best a passing grade for its first-quarter earnings. The discrepancy between reported profits and actual cash generation appears to be getting worse. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007	Broadcom Bumped: Fool by Numbers The semiconductor maker released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	McAfee's McTentative McBuyback The board of directors at McAfee hints that it just might be interested in its own shares. Can it afford the buyback, and even if it can, is the price right?
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The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Rich Duprey	Buybacks Can Predict Profits Use management's signal flag of an undervalued stock to make market-beating profits.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Rich Smith	IBM's Supersized Buyback The computing giant will lay out another $15 billion to buyback stock.
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