TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for
Thursday:

Bear Stearns


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reported $3.02 vs a $2.87 estimate,
beating by $0.15. Revenue beat estimates but Investment banking revenue was
off 23%.

Xilinx

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guided lower for Q2, citing lower than expected sales from the
Asia Pacific region.

Select Comfort
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reaffirmed full-year guidance of $0.93 – $0.97.

Pier One
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missed by $0.08,
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XM Satellite Radio
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was upgraded at Credit Suisse, to Outperform from Neutral.

Hansen Natural
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was added to Goldman’s Conviction Buy list.

Akamai
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was upgraded at Jeffries after the company raised 2007 guidance. Deutsche Bank
also upgraded the stock to Buy form Hold.

Brice Wightman

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