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Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) shares climbed 7.27% and closed at $60.93 in the previous trading session. The company announced its next-generation firewall PA-500, PA-2000 and PA-4000 series solutions have been thoroughly tested and officially certified by ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon. Each next-generation firewall series was evaluated against and passed ICSA Labs Modular Firewall Product Certification Criteria version 4.1x for general purpose network firewalls, corporate category.

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Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE:CBB) shares gained 5.35% and closed at $3.94 in yesterday’s session after the company reconfirmed fiscal 2012 guidance and expects revenue of $1.5 billion and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $530 million. Analysts are expecting the company to report revenues of $1.5 billion and EBITDA of $530 million for fiscal 2012.

Additionally, the company announced that CyrusOne Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary that owns and operates Cincinnati Bell’s data center business, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with CyrusOne’s proposed initial public offering of its common stock. A portion of the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering (IPO) will be used to repay outstanding indebtedness of CyrusOne owed to Cincinnati Bell.

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PositiveID Corporation (OTC:PSID) shares jumped 5.26% and closed at $0.020 in the last trading session. On July 25, 2012, the company announced it has added Dr. Kimothy Smith as Chief Technology Advisor to the Company and its Microfluidic Systems ("MFS") subsidiary. The Company will utilize Dr. Smith's expertise as it prepares for the release of the final request for proposal from the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") for BioWatch Generation 3, a $3.1 billion procurement for an early warning system designed to detect the intentional release of airborne biological agents.

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BroadSoft Inc (NASDAQ:BSFT) shares climbed 4.33% and closed at $39.07 in the previous trading session after the company reported second quarter non-GAAP EPS of $0.33, up from $0.27 in the prior year period. The consensus estimate was for EPS of $0.21.

Looking forward, the company expects to third quarter non-GAAP EPS of $0.27 to $0.33 and between $1.30 and $1.40 for the full year. The consensus estimates are for EPS of $0.31 and $1.25.

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE:TDS) shares increased 5.24% and closed at $24.09 in yesterday’s session. On August 3, 2012, the company posted a second-quarter net income of $42.33 million or $0.39 per share, from $91.94 million or $0.84 per share in the same period last year. Operating revenues for the latest quarter went up 3% to $1.32 billion. Analysts expected earnings per share of $0.43 on revenues of $1.31 billion for the quarter.

Additionally, the company expects fiscal 2012 service revenue in the range of $4.050-$4.150 billion, operating income in the range of $200-$300 million and adjusted OIBDA in the range of $800-$900 million.