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U.S. Stocks Rally from Severely Oversold Conditions … Asian Stocks Rally On China Spending Pledge … Bond ETFs Still Oversold; Brazil, Taiwan, Latin American ETFs Overbought … Earnings on Deck for Today Include: BBI, URBN, MRVL …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:

  • The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Vermont women who sued Wyeth
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    after losing an arm to gangrene due to an interaction with a Wyeth anti-nausea drug.

  • News of additional economic stimulus efforts in China have boosted interest in industrial machinery companies like Caterpillar
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    which soared by more than 14% on Wednesday.

  • The prospect of renewed economic activity in China has also been credited for the bounce in copper prices. And higher copper prices are a good thing for miners like Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold
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    . FCX gained more than 13%.

  • Blockbuster
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    is expected to report quarterly earnings Thursday morning before the bell. Analysts are expecting EPS of 25 cents.

  • Also reporting earnings before the market opens on Thursday are Urban Outfitters
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    , which is expected to announce per share earnings of 28 cents.

  • Analysts are expecting Marvell Technology Group
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    to report EPS of 0.01 Thursday before the market opens.

  • Shares of US Bancorp
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    slid by more than 9% on Wednesday as the company announced that it was cutting its dividend by more than 85%.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Emergent Biosolutions Inc. EBS 9
Central Garden and Pet Company CENT 9
Apollo Group APOL 9
U.S. Gold Corporation UXG 8
Career Education Corporation CECO 8

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