The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

January 28, 2003
TradingMarkets Editors

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

Biotechs may be mixed on the open as Biogen
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has lowered its earnings guidance for the full year 2003 with new estimates of
$1.63-1.78 vs. previous estimates of $1.69. The company also reported results in
line with fourth-quarter expectations, and Biosite
(
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its 2003 earnings guidance for the full year 2003 with new estimates of
$1.38-1.46 vs. previous estimates of $1.30. The company also reported results in
line with fourth-quarter expectations.

Tobacco company RJ Reynolds
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issued a profit warning for the first-quarter with new expectations of
$0.70-0.95 per share vs. a previous consensus of $1.27 per share. The company
also beat its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.02 with profits of
$0.41 per share.

In the retail sector, Talbots
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been upgraded by UBS Warburg to "buy" from "neutral".

Home builder Pulte Homes
(
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its fourth-quarter earnings by $0.11 with profits of $2.78 per share.

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