CHICAGO, Jun 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst
Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest
news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks
recently featured in the blog include: Transition Therapeutics Inc.
(Nasdaq: TTHI), Elan (NYSE: ELN), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Burger King
(NYSE: BKC) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD).

See the latest posts to the Analyst Blog:
http://www.zacks.com/blog/post_info.html?g=6

Here are highlights from Thursday's Analyst Blog:

Transition Thera Could Take Time

Transition Therapeutics Inc.'s (Nasdaq: TTHI) lead pipeline
candidates are being developed for the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease and diabetes, both of which represent significant commercial
opportunity. The company has agreements with strong collaborative
partners for the development and commercialization of its pipeline
candidates.

While we are optimistic on the company's development pipeline,
both candidates are still years from commercialization. We look
forward to seeing additional clinical results on these drugs before we
get bullish on the name.

Transition's collaborative and licensing agreements are in line
with its business model and makes strategic sense. The signing of such
agreements not only validates the company's technology, but also
provides it with much needed funds required to pursue late-stage
clinical development. We are pleased to see that the company has
partnered both its lead candidates ELND-005 with Elan (NYSE: ELN) and
TT-223 with Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), both experts in their fields.

Roll Out Carpet for Burger King

We are initiating coverage of Burger King (NYSE: BKC) with a Buy
rating. The company has resumed unit growth after four years of
negative or no growth and in our opinion, is poised for high-teens
CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) in earnings over the next five
years.

We think BKC shares offer investors an excellent opportunity to
participate in the fast-growing economies of Asia and South America,
where it has a very small presence relative to McDonald's (NYSE:MCD),
the category leader. We expect overseas expansion to be the primary
driver of unit growth for the next decade.

Burger King is currently trading at the high end of the group, in
line with McDonald's on an EV/EBITDA (enterprise value/earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) basis but at a premium
on a multiple of 2008 earnings per share. However, on a multiple of
its growth rate, BKC shares are inexpensive relative to the group.

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http://at.zacks.com/?id=2649.

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