Trading Markets 7 Stocks You Need to Know For Friday

  • January 12, 2006
  • John Patrick Lee


Research in Motion Limited
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is set to enter an agreement with Apple
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RIMM will offer “PocketMac for BlackBerry” for Mac users, a product that will
sync data between BlackBerry devices and Mac PC’s.  Blackberry devices are
also set to support Google’s
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instant-messaging programs.  RIMM’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating). 
AAPL’s
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating). 
GOOG’s
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).

TevaPharm
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announces that the FDA has tentatively approved the company’s Divalproex Sodium
Delayed-Release Tablets.  This drug is the generic equivalent of
Abbott’s
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the treatment of manic episodes.  TEVA’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).  ABT’s
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).

Two state congressmen from Iowa sent a letter to the
Justice Dept., requesting to block Whirpool’s
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WHR’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).  MYG’s
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).

Guidant
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Johnson&Johnson’s
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$23.5 billion.  Boston Scientific
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plans to continue their efforts to buy-out GDT.  GDT’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).  JNJ’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).  BSX’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).

Alloy, Inc.
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shareholders authorized a reverse stock split.  Reverse split is set at a 1
to 4 ratio.  ALOY’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).

BB&T Corp.

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Bancorp for $143 million in a move to thicken presence in Tennessee.  BBT’s
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(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).

IBM
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received a formal notice of an SEC investigation into the company’s Q1 2005
earnings and expensing of equity compensation.  IBM’s face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
(color=#ff0000>Powercolor=#ff0000>Rating).



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