The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Fast food giant McDonalds
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has lowered its fourth-quarter earnings guidance to $0.25-$0.26 per
share vs. an analyst consensus of $0.32 per share.

UBS Warburg has initiated
coverage on United Parcel Service
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and Federal Express
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at "hold".

In the electronic retailing
business, Best Buy
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has beat its third-quarter earnings
expectations by $0.01 with profits of $0.26 per share, though lowered guidance
for the fourth-quarter. And Circuit City
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has beat its
third-quarter earnings by $0.03 with profits of $0.10 per share.

Discount retailer Walgreen’s
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  has been upgraded by Lehman Brothers to "overweight" from
"equal-weight".

Software and programming
company Take-Two Interactive
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has beat its fourth-quarter
earnings consensus by $0.06 per share with profits of $0.54 per share. The
company has also has issued first-quarter earnings guidance of $1.14 a share vs.
an analyst consensus of $0.99 a share.

Pre-market action:


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+11%,
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+5.5%,
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+3.5%,
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+2.5%,
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+2%


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-7%,
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-3.5%
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-1%.