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WaMu No More: Feds Seize Washington Mutual in Largest Bank Failure in U.S. History ... Wall Street Bailout Plan Stalls Over GOP Objections ... General Electric Lowers Annual Earnings Estimate, Suspends Dividend ... Research in Motion Misses Estimates ...

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  • Sales from the Olympics continued to support earnings at Nike Inc. (NKE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which beat analyst estimates by more than a dime this week

  • Research in Motion (RIMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reported quarterly earnings Thursday after the close that missed analyst expectations by one cent

  • Among the financial stocks moving higher on Thursday were JP Morgan Chase & Company (JPM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), up more than 7% on the day. Among those moving lower were Washington Mutual (WM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) which continues to search for a bidder for all or part of the savings and loan. WaMu was down more than 25%.

  • McDonalds (MCD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced that it was increasing its quarterly dividend by 33% to 50 cents per share.

  • Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) plunged by nearly 40% as the company announced that it would report significant losses for its fourth quarter.

  • Weakness in its financial services division led General Electric (GE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) to lower its profit forecast and suspend its share buyback program.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

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Symbol PowerRatings
Old National Bancorp ONB 9
Nara Bancorp Inc. NARA 9
Alleghany Corporation Y 8
Vocus Inc. VOCS 8
TCF Financial Corporation TCB 8
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