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Stories for Adobe Systems Inc.

Facebook, Omniture expand marketing partnership - AP, March 03, 2010
TiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV - AP, March 02, 2010
EU: 100 million Microsoft users to choose browser - AP, March 02, 2010
Going Long on Adobe Systems (ADBE) - Jud Pyle, January 08, 2010
Tech Acquisitions in the Air - George Ruhana, September 21, 2009
CPI In Line With Estimates; Futures Continue Higher - Beth Gaston Moon, September 16, 2009

Adobe Systems Inc. ADBE (NASDAQ) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 35.48	Chg: +0.32	%Chg: +0.91%	Open: 35.15		Vol: 3.9 M
Bid: 35.47	Ask: 35.77	Size: 1	High: 35.56	Low: 35.00	Avg Vol: 5.3 M

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	Symbol	Shares			Price	Total Cash Required*	Target Gain	ROI	Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade	ADBE	100			35.48	$1,774	35.48	200.0%	-$3,548

*Assumes buying stock on margin at 50%; shorting stock on margin at 150%

ADBE: Chart

ADBE: Adobe Systems Inc.

Industry	Software
Shares Outstanding	524.1 M
52 Wk Performance Price	81%
Dividend	0.00

Today's High 35.56	P/E 48.2
Today's Low 35.00	EPS 0.73
Open 35.15	Price to Book 9.4
Prev Close 35.16
52 Wk high 38.20	Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 18.16	21 Day 34.12
Market Cap 18.4 B	50 Day 34.54
Yield 0	200 Day 33.23

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Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int	Series	Bid $	Ask $	Chg $	Vol	Opn Int

- Mar 10 [3 days to expiration]

12.70	13.10	0.20	0	0	Mar 10 22.5	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	0
10.20	10.60	0.20	0	0	Mar 10 25.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	1
7.20	7.60	0.20	0	0	Mar 10 28.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	134
6.20	6.60	0.20	0	32	Mar 10 29.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	37
5.20	5.60	0.20	0	70	Mar 10 30.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	3702
4.40	4.60	0.30	0	314	Mar 10 31.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	5	998
3.40	3.60	0.25	13	3488	Mar 10 32.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	459
2.30	2.60	0.22	0	4348	Mar 10 33.0	0.00	0.05	-0.03	5	2683
1.40	1.60	0.17	14	2294	Mar 10 34.0	0.00	0.10	-0.10	12	1188
0.65	0.75	0.12	244	2594	Mar 10 35.0	0.15	0.25	-0.20	320	1046
0.15	0.25	0.03	66	869	Mar 10 36.0	0.65	0.75	-0.30	0	788
0.00	0.10	0.00	2	536	Mar 10 37.0	1.45	1.75	-0.27	0	96
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	698	Mar 10 38.0	2.40	2.70	-0.27	0	84
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	210	Mar 10 39.0	3.40	3.80	-0.25	0	2
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	100	Mar 10 40.0	4.40	4.80	-0.20	0	94
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	0	Mar 10 45.0	9.40	9.80	-0.20	0	0

- Apr 10 [31 days to expiration]

14.90	15.60	0.05	0	6	Apr 10 20.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	457
12.50	13.10	0.10	0	2	Apr 10 22.5	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	458
10.00	10.70	0.15	0	14	Apr 10 25.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	182
7.00	7.70	0.10	1	204	Apr 10 28.0	0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	698
6.20	6.70	0.20	0	53	Apr 10 29.0	0.00	0.10	-0.03	0	690
5.30	5.70	0.20	0	426	Apr 10 30.0	0.05	0.15	-0.05	9	731
4.60	4.80	0.25	0	1273	Apr 10 31.0	0.10	0.20	-0.05	2	2261
3.70	3.90	0.30	0	695	Apr 10 32.0	0.20	0.30	-0.05	142	700
2.85	2.95	0.23	0	1092	Apr 10 33.0	0.35	0.45	-0.10	191	1987
2.10	2.20	0.20	15	1770	Apr 10 34.0	0.60	0.65	-0.15	1,355	1570
1.50	1.55	0.17	494	3523	Apr 10 35.0	0.90	1.05	-0.20	718	3061
1.00	1.05	0.12	1,653	2657	Apr 10 36.0	1.40	1.50	-0.25	247	708
0.55	0.65	0.05	86	1440	Apr 10 37.0	2.05	2.15	-0.25	0	453
0.30	0.40	0.05	10	962	Apr 10 38.0	2.80	2.90	-0.30	0	599
0.15	0.25	0.03	65	1244	Apr 10 39.0	3.50	4.00	-0.25	0	157
0.05	0.15	0.00	0	1303	Apr 10 40.0	4.50	4.90	-0.25	0	386
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	579	Apr 10 41.0	5.40	6.10	-0.10	0	48
0.00	0.05	-0.03	0	450	Apr 10 42.0	6.40	7.10	-0.10	0	50
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	1189	Apr 10 45.0	9.40	9.90	-0.15	0	102
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	422	Apr 10 50.0	14.40	15.00	-0.10	0	4
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	11	Apr 10 55.0	19.40	20.10	-0.05	0	0

- Jul 10 [122 days to expiration]

17.50	18.20	0.15	0	0	Jul 10 17.5	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	10
15.00	15.70	0.10	0	11	Jul 10 20.0	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	34
12.50	13.20	0.05	0	0	Jul 10 22.5	0.05	0.10	-0.02	0	710
10.60	10.80	0.35	0	81	Jul 10 25.0	0.10	0.20	-0.02	0	684
7.70	8.00	0.20	0	2	Jul 10 28.0	0.35	0.40	-0.03	0	489
6.90	7.10	0.25	0	16	Jul 10 29.0	0.45	0.55	-0.05	0	475
6.00	6.30	0.25	0	78	Jul 10 30.0	0.60	0.70	-0.05	0	6454
5.30	5.40	0.25	0	70	Jul 10 31.0	0.75	0.85	-0.10	0	181
4.50	4.70	0.25	0	607	Jul 10 32.0	1.00	1.10	-0.10	25	6653
3.80	4.00	0.20	1	1944	Jul 10 33.0	1.30	1.40	-0.15	5	1008
3.20	3.30	0.20	220	1548	Jul 10 34.0	1.65	1.75	-0.15	0	1015
2.60	2.70	0.15	2	6589	Jul 10 35.0	2.05	2.15	-0.20	27	1951
2.10	2.20	0.15	4	1691	Jul 10 36.0	2.55	2.65	-0.20	0	1013
1.65	1.75	0.12	4	988	Jul 10 37.0	3.10	3.20	-0.25	0	461
1.30	1.40	0.12	9	3258	Jul 10 38.0	3.70	3.90	-0.25	5	2173
1.00	1.05	0.07	0	335	Jul 10 39.0	4.40	4.60	-0.20	0	406
0.75	0.80	0.07	10	1167	Jul 10 40.0	5.10	5.30	-0.30	0	398
0.55	0.60	0.05	0	206	Jul 10 41.0	5.90	6.10	-0.30	0	79
0.40	0.45	0.00	0	6854	Jul 10 42.0	6.80	7.00	-0.30	0	170
0.10	0.20	0.00	0	855	Jul 10 45.0	9.50	9.90	-0.25	0	216
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	50	Jul 10 50.0	14.40	15.00	-0.10	0	0
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	20	Jul 10 55.0	19.30	20.10	-0.10	0	10

- Oct 10 [213 days to expiration]

17.50	18.20	0.10	0	0	Oct 10 17.5	0.05	0.10	0.00	0	0
15.10	15.80	0.15	0	0	Oct 10 20.0	0.10	0.15	-0.03	0	22
10.60	11.10	0.20	0	0	Oct 10 25.0	0.35	0.45	-0.05	0	45
8.20	8.50	0.30	0	0	Oct 10 28.0	0.75	0.85	-0.07	0	10
7.40	7.60	0.25	0	74	Oct 10 29.0	0.95	1.05	-0.05	0	180
6.60	6.90	0.25	0	0	Oct 10 30.0	1.15	1.25	-0.10	0	104
5.90	6.10	0.20	0	2	Oct 10 31.0	1.40	1.50	-0.12	52	53
5.20	5.40	0.20	40	431	Oct 10 32.0	1.70	1.80	-0.12	76	85
4.60	4.80	0.20	0	66	Oct 10 33.0	2.05	2.15	-0.15	0	286
4.00	4.10	0.15	0	692	Oct 10 34.0	2.45	2.50	-0.18	10	25
3.40	3.60	0.20	35	276	Oct 10 35.0	2.85	3.00	-0.17	0	209
2.90	3.10	0.17	49	117	Oct 10 36.0	3.30	3.50	-0.20	18	58
2.45	2.60	0.15	0	50	Oct 10 37.0	3.90	4.10	-0.15	0	110
2.05	2.15	0.10	0	18	Oct 10 38.0	4.50	4.60	-0.25	0	24
1.40	1.50	0.08	0	31	Oct 10 40.0	5.80	6.00	-0.20	0	0
0.45	0.50	0.03	15	21	Oct 10 45.0	9.80	10.10	-0.30	0	0
0.10	0.20	0.03	0	21	Oct 10 50.0	14.40	15.10	-0.15	0	0

- Jan 11 [311 days to expiration]

29.90	30.70	0.15	0	0	Jan 11 5.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	0
27.40	28.20	0.15	0	11	Jan 11 7.5	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	0
24.90	25.70	0.10	0	5	Jan 11 10.0	0.00	0.05	0.00	0	130
22.40	23.20	0.10	0	13	Jan 11 12.5	0.00	0.10	0.00	0	125
19.90	20.70	0.05	0	22	Jan 11 15.0	0.05	0.15	0.00	0	124
17.50	18.30	0.10	0	118	Jan 11 17.5	0.10	0.20	0.00	0	737
15.10	15.90	0.00	0	193	Jan 11 20.0	0.20	0.30	-0.05	0	1089
13.20	13.60	0.20	0	400	Jan 11 22.5	0.40	0.50	-0.03	0	1480
11.10	11.40	0.20	0	741	Jan 11 25.0	0.70	0.80	-0.05	0	695
7.30	7.50	0.25	0	1311	Jan 11 30.0	1.70	1.80	-0.12	0	2349
4.20	4.30	0.15	1	2247	Jan 11 35.0	3.60	3.70	-0.15	0	1451
2.05	2.15	0.07	0	1943	Jan 11 40.0	6.40	6.60	-0.25	0	879
0.85	0.95	0.00	0	2146	Jan 11 45.0	10.20	10.40	-0.30	0	1302
0.30	0.35	0.00	9	872	Jan 11 50.0	14.60	15.10	-0.25	0	222
0.10	0.15	0.00	0	409	Jan 11 55.0	19.40	20.20	-0.05	0	1
0.00	0.10	0.00	0	307	Jan 11 60.0	24.30	25.10	-0.10	0	0
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	284	Jan 11 65.0	29.30	30.10	-0.10	0	0
0.00	0.05	0.00	0	155	Jan 11 70.0	34.30	35.10	-0.15	0	0

- Jan 12 [675 days to expiration]

12.30	12.80	0.15	0	30	Jan 12 25.0	1.70	1.95	-0.02	2	210
8.80	9.40	0.10	0	19	Jan 12 30.0	3.20	3.40	0.00	0	1103
6.00	6.50	0.10	0	228	Jan 12 35.0	5.30	5.60	0.00	0	224
4.00	4.30	0.10	0	807	Jan 12 40.0	8.00	8.50	-0.05	0	332
2.45	2.60	0.08	0	542	Jan 12 45.0	11.40	12.00	-0.10	0	79