The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

In the chip biz, Texas Instruments
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has announced that it will buy back 18 million shares, and is up over 2% in the
pre-market.

Retailer Target
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has been upgraded
by Piper Jaffray to "strong buy" from "outperform", and has also received
positive comments from Goldman Sachs who believes the stock has attractive
valuation. 

Tobacco company Altria
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has won a New
York Supreme Court case as a defendant against a former smoker. 

Gold mining company Barrick Gold
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has been downgraded by Prudential to "hold" from "buy".

In the biotech sector,
Biogen
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has been downgraded by JP Morgan to "neutral" from "overweight". And, Cima
Labs
has beat its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.04 with profits
of $0.45 per share.

Pre-market action:


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+23.8%,
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+19.5%,
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+3.5%,
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+1.8%.


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-37%,
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-4%,
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-4%.