The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

The following stocks may be
impacted due to significant news as noted:

In the biotech sector Affymetrix
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has issued a profit warning, and now sees revenues coming in between $60-62
million vs. a previous estimate of between $71-73 million.

Software maker PeopleSoft
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has issued a first-quarter profit warning, and now expects to earn $0.11-0.12
vs. a consensus of $0.14.

Insurer Aetna
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has been upgraded by
Prudential to "buy" from "hold".

Financial services company New Century Financial
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has announced that it expects to beat its first-quarter earnings
consensus due to record loan production volume.

Home builder Beazer Homes
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has been
downgraded by Deutsche Securities to "hold" from "buy".

In the pharmaceutical sector Pfizer
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has announced favorable results for its anti psychotic drug ziprasidone.

Communications services company Research In
Motion

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has beat its fourth-quarter earnings estimates by $0.05
with profits of $0.07 per share.

Pre-market action:


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9.5%,
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9.3%,
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3.7%,
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2.0%.


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-32.6%,
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-12.4%,
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-4.4%,
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-3.2%,
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-3.0%,
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-2.6%,
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-1.6%.