The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Gold miner Barrick Gold
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has beat
its fourth-quarter estimates by $0.04 with profits of $0.13 per share. 

In the retail sector, May Department Stores
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has beat its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.08 with profits of $1.28
per share.

Also in the retail sector, UBS Warburg has
downgraded to "neutral" from "buy" the following: Pacific SunWear
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Gap
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, and The Limited
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.

In the insurance sector, American International
Group

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has posted earnings $0.01 below expectations, though has
guided higher for the full year 2003.

Medical equipment maker Medtronic
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has been downgraded by Morgan Stanley to "equal-weight" from "overweight" after
the company reported third-quarter earnings in-line with estimates.

Healthcare facilities company Express Scripts
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is down in the pre-market after receiving a letter from the SEC
concerning previous filings. The company has also beat its fourth-quarter
earnings by $0.01  with profits of $0.72 per share.

Chemical giant and Dow component DuPont
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has been upgraded by UBS Warburg to "buy" from "neutral".

Pre-market:


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+20% ,
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+16%, 
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+13%,
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+10.5%,
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+5%,
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+3.5%,
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AIG |
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+2.5%,
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+2.5%,
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+1.8%.


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-20%,
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-11.5%,
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-11%,
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-7.8%, 
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off -5.5%
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-4%,
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-3.4%,
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PSUN |
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-2.4%,
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-2.3%
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-2%
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-1.4%,
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-1%,
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-0.8%.