MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. Issues Alerts for SONS, BSX, FOX, CDN, and KOSP

MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. Issues Alerts for SONS, BSX,
FOX, CDN, and KOSP 


CHICAGO, March 4  /PRNewswire/ -- Man Securities issues the following Morning
Update at 8:30 AM EST with new PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.

(Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020214/MANSECLOGO )

Before the open... PriceWatch Alerts for SONS, BSX, FOX, CDN, and KOSP, Market
Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The Day.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"A consumption tax could certainly meet the fundamental criteria of being
simple, fair and pro-growth."

  -- Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve.

  New PriceWatch Alerts for SONS, BSX, FOX, CDN, and KOSP...

  PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS
  -- Sonus Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:SONS)
     Last Price 5.51 - MAR 5.00 CALL OPTION@ $0.75 -> 5.0 % Return assigned*
  -- Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX)
     Last Price 30.90 - AUG 27.50 CALL OPTION@ $5.10 -> 6.6 % Return
     assigned*
  -- Fox Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE:FOX)
     Last Price 35.07 - JUL 35.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.65 -> 4.7 % Return
     assigned*
  -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)
     Last Price 14.52 - AUG 12.50 CALL OPTION@ $2.55 -> 4.4 % Return
     assigned*
  -- KOS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KOSP)
     Last Price 34.90 - APR 30.00 CALL OPTION@ $6.20 -> 4.5 % Return
     assigned*



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NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS

So far today, Ross Stores Inc., Ceradyne Inc., and Shuffle Master Inc. lead the
list of companies with the most news stories while Spinnaker Exploration Co.
and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. are showing a spike in news. Circuit City
Stores Inc., Dominion Resources Inc., and Bluegreen Corp. have the highest
srtIndex scores to top the list of companies with positive news while Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc. and Credence Systems Corp. lead the list of companies
with negative news reports. Kohl's Corp. has popped up with a high positive
news sraIndex score.

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MARKET OVERVIEW

At 8:30 a.m. today, the news that we've been waiting for all week will be
released -- the February jobs numbers.  Estimates are that 225,000 jobs were
created and the unemployment rate should stay at 5.2 percent.  Then at 9:45
a.m., the Michigan Sentiment should hit 94.3.

The April future contract on gold fell $3.00 an ounce on the regular trading
session yesterday at the New York Mercantile Exchange.  Respectable economic
data and strength in the U.S. dollar worked to hold back investment demand for
the yellow metal.  Gold could surge higher on weaker-than-expected employment
news today, which would probably result in a drop in the dollar. Other metals
were lower yesterday as well.  March silver traded down 7.8 cents to $7.229 an
ounce.  In addition, metals stocks sold-off as the AMEX Gold BUGS lost 1.4
percent and the PHLX Gold and Silver Index lost 1.1 percent.

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DYNAMIC MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

One area enjoying an excellent start to 2005 is the mergers and acquisitions
market. In fact, through the first two months of the year, the market just
recorded its second-best performance on record. While it will take a monumental
effort to surpass the US$399.6 billion worth of deals done in January-February
2000, this year's US$202.3 billion figure is still very impressive. Driving the
market forward is a slew of major corporate marriages such as Procter &
Gamble's buyout of Gillette, SBC's acquisition of AT&T, and Federated
Department Stores' purchase of May. Those are just three of the deals done so
far this year, and that's down about 200 from this point in 2004, which
indicates that it's not the quantity of the agreements being that's propelling
the market -- it's the value. In the midst of an improving economy, companies
are finding extra cash these days. That, coupled with ultra-fierce competition
in many industries (for example, in retail and telecommunications) is leading
company executives to take advantage of a strong market and buy out a rival to
consolidate the business and potentially enjoy increased profits. While the
market remains strong in the US, the picture is quite different in Europe.
Thomson Financial reports that M&A activity is off to the slowest start this
year since 1994. Over the first two months of 2004, European companies sealed
1,900 merger deals worth US$140 billion. But this year, that has dropped to
just 1,494 agreements totaling US$73.4 billion. The reason? While the US
economy continues to solidify and corporate profits climb, Europe is struggling
to gain momentum amid a rising euro and slowing export market. In addition,
it's a little more difficult for European companies to merge if they're from
different countries and listed on different stock exchanges.

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  TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR
  8:30 a.m.: February Non-Farm Payrolls (expected plus 225K, last plus 146K)
  8:30 a.m.: February Unemployment Rate (expected 5.2%, last 5.2%)
  9:40 a.m.: End-January U. of Mich. Consumer Sentiment Index (expected
             94.5, last 94.2)
  10:00 a.m.: January Factory Orders (expected plus 0.3%, last +0.3%)



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