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U.S. Stocks End Mixed … Asian Stocks Lower Overnight on Selling in Financials … Euro Rallies on Rate Cut Pause Speculation … Obama Works to Fill Gaps at Treasury … Earnings on Deck for Today Include: ENG, CASY, RSCR …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:

  • Wells Fargo
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    announced that it was cutting its dividend to 5 cents per share, a reduction of 85%.

  • Another double-digit blue chip stock goes to single digits as American Express
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    slides below $10 per share intraday on Friday. AXP is down for a third consecutive session below the 200-day moving average.

  • Swiss drug maker Roche upped its hostile bid for the 44% of Genentech
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    that it does not already own to $93 per share, an increase of more than six cents per share from their previous bid.

  • Merger discussions between Dow Chemical
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    and Rohm & Haas
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    are back underway in an attempt to seal the $15 billion deal. Both stocks were higher in trading on Friday, with ROH up more than 18%, Dow gaining more than 9%.

  • Shares of Apple
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    were in retreat on Friday after JP Morgan Chase & Company
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    cut sales estimates for Mac computer and iPhone for the rest of 2009.

  • Goldman Sachs
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    upgraded Pfizer
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    on Thursday, citing the pharmaceutical company’s purchase of Wyeth and likelihood of stable future profits.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
ITT Educational Services ESI 9
Corinthian Colleges Inc. CECO 9
Career Education Corporation CECO 9
Cypress Biosciences CYPB 8
Palm Inc. PALM 8

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