The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching
The following stocks may be
impacted due to significant news as noted:
Biotech company Gilead Sciences
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is being reported by the New England Journal of Medicine that its drug Hespera
effectively treats hepatitis B without the complications other drugs give.
Software and programming company Take-Two
Interactive
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$0.04 with profits of $1.20 per share.
Salomon Smith Barney has cut its earrings estimates
on select hotel companies to reflect impact that tension with Iraq and weather
have had on business. Estimates are reduced for Marriott
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Hilton
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Broadcasting and cable TV company Comcast
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has missed its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.01 with profits of
$0.21 per share, though posted a narrower loss on higher revenue as it guides
higher.
Medical equipment maker Cooper Industries
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has beat its first-quarter earnings expectations by $0.02 with profits of $0.44
per share.
Pre-market action:
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+7%,
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+1%,
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-2.8%.