The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching

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

Deutsche Bank has cut into the analog semiconductor
stocks with downgrades to “sell” from “hold” on Analog Devices
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Linear Tech 
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, Maxim Integrated
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National Semiconductor

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, and SIPEX Corp.
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Downgraded to “hold” from “buy” are Agere Systems
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Fairchild Semi

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, and Intersil
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Media monster Walt Disney
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lowered its earnings expectations for the first-quarter of 2003 by $0.01. The
company has also lowered expectations for the full year 2003 by $0.03.

Computer hardware company Hewlett Packard
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has reduced its sales growth estimates for the year ending in October to
between 2 percent and 4 percent, vs. previous estimates between 4 percent and 6
percent. Lehman Brothers notes the reduction is still above the analysts’
consensus.

Electric utilities company First Energy
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has lowered its earnings expectations for the full year to the range of
$3.35-3.55 per share vs. previous expectations of $3.70-3.90 per share.

Healthcare facilities company Tenet Healthcare

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has lowered its earnings guidance for the full year 2003 to
the range of $2.38-2.78 per share vs. a previous consensus of $2.86 per share.

Oil service company Schlumberger
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has been upgraded by Lehman Brothers to “overweight” from “equal weight”.

Pre-market action:


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+3%,
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+2.9%.


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-23.8%,
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IDTI |
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-20.3%,
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JDEC |
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-17.1% ,
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-9.5% ,
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IFIN |
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-7.6%,
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-7.3% ,
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-7.0%,
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-6.4%.