TradingMarkets’ 9 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

• December 30, 2004
• TradingMarkets Editors

Continental Airlines
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Dreamliners  in a deal worth $1 billion.

Fannie Mae
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placements–value: $5 billion.

Pfizer
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a study linked the drug to heart attacks and stroke.

Lehman Bros. trimmed estimates for Alcoa
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Computer Sciences
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Sanmina
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The New York Times reports that the Pentagon plans to buy fewer LPD-17
landing craft, made by Northrup Grumman
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CoTherix
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