The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Goldman Sachs has been active
in the retail sector today, as it raised fourth-quarter estimates on JC Penny
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to $0.65 per share from $0.60 per share, and lowered fourth-quarter
estimates for Federated Department Stores
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to $1.90 per share
$1.95 per share, and May’s Department Stores
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, , to $1.25 per
share from $1.28 per share.

The Wall Street Journal reports
that a consolidation in the software industry may be taking place due to recent
acquisitions by International Business Machines
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Yahoo!
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Veritas
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Cognos Inc.
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and Sybase Inc.
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. Potential takeover targets cited were BEA Systems
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,
Citrix Systems
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, Legato Systems
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, and
Netegrity Inc.

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.

Conglomerate Tyco
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has released the results of its internal investigation, and reports no evidence
of accounting fraud. Lehman Brothers has given the company a clean bill of
health.

Pre-market action


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+8.8%,
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+2.3%,
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+1.1%,
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+3.5%,
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+2.9%,
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+2.1%,
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+1.6%,
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+1.4%.


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-14.2%,
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-9.7%,
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-4.1%,
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-2.5%, [ITWOITWO] -1.8%.