TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Today

• November 18, 2005
• TradingMarkets Editors

Disney
(
DIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) beat by 0.02, ex-items. Revenue was
$7.73 billion, slightly less than expected.

Hewlett Packard
(
HPQ |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) reported Q4 of  0.51 GAAP earnings, beating
by 0.04 and beat on revenues at $22.9 billion. Net income fell63% from a year
ago, however. The company also guided higher. (story)
HPQ is the best performing Dow component this year.

General Electric
(
GE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) raised its 2006 guidance,
raised its dividend and increased its stock buyback plan. (story)

Starbucks
(
SBUX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) beat by a
penny and guided in-line. (story)

H&R Block
(
HRB |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) missed by 0.08 and lowered
guidance. (story)

Cisco
(
CSCO |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) is buying Scientific Atlanta

(
SFA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) for $43/shares

Ann Taylor
(
ANN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) beat by 0.05. (story)

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Brice Wightman

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