The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

The following stocks may be
impacted due to significant news as noted:

Beverage maker Pepsico
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beat its
third quarter earnings expectations by a penny with profits of $0.56 per share.

Education company Apollo Group
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beat its
fourth quarter earnings estimates by $0.04 with profits of $0.26
per share.

Retailer Dollar Tree
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cut its
fourth quarter sales estimates to $825-830 million vs. the Multex consensus of
$847.56 million.

Auto giant General Motors
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lowered its 2003 sales outlook due to weak world economies. The auto sector has
also been downgraded as a whole by CSFB.

Financial services company Household
International

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was downgraded by CIBC to “sector underperform”
from “sector perform” due to an anticipation of credit quality deterioration.