The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching
The following stocks may be
impacted due to significant news as noted:
Online company Yahoo!
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beat its first-quarter earnings expectations by $0.02 with profits of $0.08 per
share.
Software company Infosys
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guided lower for 2004, and now expects to see earnings per share at $1.70-1.73
vs. a consensus of $1.83. The company also said it expects to meet first-quarter
earnings, though partially blames a weak economy on longer term targets.
Prudential has upgraded the oil services and
equipment sector to "market outperform" from "market perform", and has upgraded
the following stocks to "buy" from "hold": Transocean Inc.
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Noble Corp.
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Schlumberger
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Transportation company Expeditors International
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Bookseller Barnes and Noble
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guided lower for the first-quarter, and expects a loss between $0.07-0.11 vs. a
consensus of a loss of $0.03.
Healthcare company HCA Healthcare
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has been downgraded by Bank of America to "neutral" from "buy".
Pre-market action:
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SONS |
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YHOO |
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INFY |
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NET |
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CTSH |
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TROW |
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-7.5%,
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JCP |
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DNA |
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IDPH |
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SYMC |
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-3%.