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Stocks Sell Off Late on Thursday … Asian Stocks Higher Overnight … Big Three Automakers Fail to Sway Congress Toward Loan Assistance … Recession Drives Oil Prices Lower … Big Lots, Blyth Industries, Brown-Forman Report Earnings Today
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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday |
Here are 7 stocks for traders for Friday from TradingMarkets.com:
- General Motors
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today |
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| ProShares UltraShort Financials ETF | SKF | 7 |
| Interdigital Inc. | IDCC | 7 |
| ProShares UltraShort Consumer Svcs | SCC | 7 |
| Tompkins Financial Corporation | TMP | 7 |
| Nash-Finch Company | NAFC | 6 |
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