The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Online book seller Amazon.com has been downgraded by Prudential to “sell” from “hold”. The
company topped its earnings expectations by $0.04 for the third-quarter, though
is down in pre-market.

Insurance company Cigna Corp.
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has issued an earnings warning, and has
been downgraded by Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and CIBC.

Computer gaming comany Electronic Arts has beat its second-quarter earnings targets by $0.17
with profits of $0.34 per share.

UBS Warburg has downgraded the following
semiconductor stocks to  “hold” from “buy” Varian Semi
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Photronics
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, , Novellus
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, KLA-Tencor
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, Applied Materials
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, National Semi
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and Cypress Semi
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Medical equipment and supply company Varian Medical has beat its fourth-quarter earnings estimates by $0.03
with profits of $0.48 per share.

Financial services company T. Rowe Price has missed its third-quarter earnings target by $0.03 with
profits of $0.34 per share.