TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
Sellers roared back with a vengeance on Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 8,000.
The Dow lost 427.47. The Nasdaq Composite closed lower by 96.85. And the S&P 500 ended the day down 52.54.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.
Word that Microsoft
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Reporting earnings Thursday after the bell, Gap
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Belt-tightening in the technology sector continues, with KLA-Tencor
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Lawmakers continued to grill the CEOs of General Motors
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PowerRating) and Chrysler LLC for the second day in a row.
Dell
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PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Thursday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 0.31.
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