TradingMarkets’ 12 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

Novartis
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is bidding $4.5 billion ($40/share) for Chiron
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Lehman Brothers upgraded the refiners: Sunoco
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, Tesoro
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, Frontier
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, and ConocoPhillips
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Watch the manufactured homes group:
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,
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and
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. After Hurricane Ivan, FEMA used many manufactured
homes.

Costco’s
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Augst same store sales rose 9%.

Sharper Image’s
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August same store sales fell 14%, more
than expected.

Pier One’s
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August same store sales fell 12.4%.

Wet Seal’s
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August same store sales jumped 48%, more than
expected.

XM Satellite Radio
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and Sirius
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were
upgraded top outperform at Wachovia.

Starbucks
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was upgraded to overweight at Lehman.