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