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Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Seeing Upside in Ciena

04/20/06 - 07:15 PM EDT

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Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Thursday evening:

News Corp.: "Hitting on all cylinders. ... Fox News Channel ripping the cover off the ball. Newspapers on fire, too. But it [the stock] never moves. In the end, it's considered old media. I'm staying bullish on News Corp. I would buy it." But Cramer said don't expect anything.

Chico's FAS: "That is a show-me stock. Until I'm seeing and shown, Don'tBuyDon'tBuy."

Ciena: "The fiber glut is over, the orders are back. Why don't you just do a 'mon back* because Ciena be going to 5."

BE Aerospace: "A stock on the road, if not on the plane, to 40."

Schering-Plough: "I think. ... this is the first good quarter of many. ... This now becomes the cheapest drug stock in the book."

Stats ChipPAC: Cramer said to go into Agilent instead.

"Goldman Sachs is wearing golden slacks. This stock has 225 [in it]. ... I need you to back up the truck on any weakness."

Altera: "I need you to sell Altera, it's not good. I want you right now to buy Advanced Micro Devices.

Southern Copper: "I think it falls back to 90 ... I think you wait to 90 and you pull the trigger."

Canadian National: "Would you mind if we look north of the border and go buy some Canadian Nat, which is the cheapest railroad I follow?"

Cooper Tire: "I need you to swap out of and buy Cooper Industries."

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At the time of publication, Cramer was long BHP Billiton and Schering-Plough.

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