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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was no longer interested in an acquisition of Yahoo!
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, even with the pending departure of CEO Jerry Yang, sent shares of Yahoo! sharply lower on Wednesday.

Reporting earnings Thursday after the bell, Gap
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is expected announce EPS of 0.34.

Belt-tightening in the technology sector continues, with KLA-Tencor
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announcing plans to cuts its workforce by 15% worldwide by June 2009.

Lawmakers continued to grill the CEOs of General Motors
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, Ford Motor Company
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and Chrysler LLC for the second day in a row.

Dell
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reports quarterly earnings Thursday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 0.31.

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