TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

Another strong day for stocks has the Dow back over 8,700 and the Nasdaq higher by more than 4%.

The Dow gained 247.14. The Nasdaq Composite added 67.37. And the S&P 500 closed higher by 30.29.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday.

BCE Inc.
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plunged by more than 34% on Wednesday after signaling that the economic crisis may prevent the Canadian telecommunications giant from going private in December as planned.

Automakers continued their surge higher on Wednesday as General Motors
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gained 35% and Ford Motor Company
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was higher by 29%.

With Black Friday coming up and Cyber Monday around the corner as the holiday shopping season begins, many shoppers and investors will turn toward retailers such as Wal-Mart
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and JC Penny
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, which is reportedly launching the largest Black Friday sale in company history.

And as for Cyber Monday, both eBay
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and Amazon.com
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will be among those online businesses hoping to be extra busy.

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