Is This The New Online Trend?

Not all the news was bad.
Kimberly Clark (KMB)
guided in-line, saying it would buy back $1 billion in shares, and increased its
dividend by 2.5%.

Neilsen/NetRatings said online spending rose 19%
last month from a year ago, and 62% higher than the 2002 holiday season.

The dollar is +0.24 at
81.22

Gold is -1.30 to 453.30

Crude Oil is +0.66 at 43.20

ce=”Arial” size=”2″ face=”Arial”>Volume is 594 million on the NYSE and
1.01 billion on the Nasdaq.

Market breadth is negative.

Stocks in the News.

Monsanto
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MON |
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PowerRating) may benefit from less resistance to its genetically
altered seeds, says Barron’s.

Celgene
(
CELG |
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PowerRating) reported positive data for several studies.

Apple
(
AAPL |
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PowerRating) was raised at JP Morgan.

Callaway Golf
(
ELY |
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PowerRating) was mentioned positively in Barron’s.

Unocal
(
UCL |
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News |
PowerRating) said its board authorized a $465 million buyback.

Barron’s said Cato Corp.
(
CATO |
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PowerRating) may be undervalued.

Barron’s had some positive comments on American Real Estate
(
ACP |
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PowerRating).

Getty Images
(
GYI |
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PowerRating) was the subject of some positive comments on
Wall Street Week.

Today in History

1768 First Encyclopedia Brittanica published

1865 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery

Brice Wightman