TradingMarkets’ 6 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

Lennar
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will replace Gillette in the S&P 500. Rumors were that Google would be chosen.

Guidant (GDT)
said its Vitality HE implantable defibrillator received FDA approval.

Dollar General
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will repurchase up to 10 million shares in a buyback authorization that
expires 09/30/06.

Computer Sciences
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said it signed federal contracts worth $650 million. There may be resistance at
that swing high near the beginning of August.

Orthofix (OFIX)
said it settled–for $75 million (in its favor)–a patent suit between its
subsidiary, Novamedix, and Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI).

Yahoo
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, along with educational
and business partners,  will scan books in an online database, similar to
what Google has done.