The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Deutsche Bank has initiated
"sell" ratings on Texas Instruments
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, Microchip Technology
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, Advanced Micro Devices
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, and Atmel
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The form also initiated "hold" ratings on Altera
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, Xilinix
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, and Micron Technology
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. And a "buy" rating was
initiated to Intel
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JP Morgan also took to the
semis with the belief that the industry will remain depressed through he
first-quarter. Though counter to Deutsche Bank’s analyst action, it rates
Intel

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an "underweight" and Microchip Technology
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an "overweight".

Software maker  Adobe
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has beat its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.02 with
profits of $0.25 per share.

Goldman Sachs has reduced its
outlook on the video game sector with downgrades to "underperform" from
"in-line" given to Electronic Arts
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, Activision
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and THQ Incorporated
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Medical equipment and supplies
company Cooper Industries
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has beat its fourth-quarter earnings
by $0.01 with profits of $0.52 per share.

Auto retailer Autozone
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has been downgraded by Goldman Sachs to "in-line" from "outperform".

Pre-market action:


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SIGA |
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+21%,
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EDS |
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+5.5% ,
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+5%,
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+4% ,
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+3%,
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BVF |
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+1.5%.


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WAT |
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-14.5% ,
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-6.5%,
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-5%,
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-4.5%,
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-5.5%,
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GILD |
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-5%,
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SRCL |
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-4.5% ,
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KO |
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-2.8%,
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ESRX |
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-2.5% ,
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-2%.