The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Chip maker Broadcom
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has been
upgraded by Salomon Smith Barney to "in-line" from "underperform".

Also in the chip biz, Altera
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has
raised its first-quarter earnings guidance to $0.08 per share vs. previous
estimates of $0.07 per share. 

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline
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has
ceased trials for its drug Trizivir after was proven to be inferior to other
combinations of drugs.

Insurer Aetna
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has been upgraded by
Goldman Sachs to "outperform" from "in-line".

In the airline sector, JP Morgan has upgraded
Delta Airlines

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to "overweight", and has downgraded Continental
Airlines
to "neutral".

Retailer AnnTaylor
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has guided lower
for the first-quarter after beating its fourth-quarter estimates by $0.01.

Pre-market action:


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+49%,
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+3.4%,
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+3%,
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+3%,
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DAL |
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+3%,
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+1%.


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-20%
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LECO |
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-16%,
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ARRS |
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-18%,
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DCX |
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-3%,
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-2%.