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General Electric
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PowerRating) increased its stock buyback to $5 billion
from $4 billion.

Viacom
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PowerRating) announced a $3 billion stock purchase program after
the split.

Research in Motion
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PowerRating) may be in focus after an analyst on
CNBC said that a settlement with NTP may be far less than some analysts had
speculated on a worst-case basis. The stock closed at its 50-day moving average,
up 5.5%.

Morgan Stanley raised United Technologies
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UTX |
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PowerRating) to overweight.

CSFB raised its target on Google
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GOOG |
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PowerRating) to $475.

Petco
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PowerRating) made a large run-up into the close on Friday.  The stock is also forming an inverse head-and-shoulders
pattern on the daily chart (not pictured).

The Semiconductor HOLDRs
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PowerRating) could bounce.

Brice Wightman

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