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Dun & Bradstreet Tops Bullish Volatility Skews; Qwest Tops Bearish

Option investors are pushing call option prices higher in the Information & Delivery Services industry and are pushing put option prices higher in the Telecom Services - Domestic industry today.

Any time the volatility skews above 1.00, it is an indication that calls are more expensive than puts. Typically, when calls are more expensive than puts, it means the demand for calls is greater than the demand for puts because investors believe the stock is going to rise in the future and they want to take advantage of that movement by buying calls.

The opposite is also true. Any time a volatility skews below 1.00, it is an indication that puts are more expensive than calls.

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Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) shares in bullish 'flag' formation

Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE: DNB) is a leading source of business information. Its global commercial database contains more than 130 million business records, including the largest volume of business-credit information in the world. The firm integrates the data in a variety of software products and Web-based applications that customers use to support a broad spectrum of business decisions. Dun & Bradstreet also offers marketing information and purchasing-support services.

The company pleased investors last week, when it guided Q2 EPS to $1.15 and Q2 revenues to $427.7 million. Analysts had been expecting $1.10 and $414.04 million. Management also anticipated FY08 EPS of $5.19-$5.29, versus Street consensus of $5.28.

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