TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Friday

• October 19, 2006
• John Patrick Lee

Here are 7 stocks for traders for Friday:

Google
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earnings strongly; GOOG announced $2.62 EPS vs an expected $2.41 EPS.

SanDisk
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beat earnings Thursday after the close, announcing $0.61 EPS vs a consensus of
$0.57 EPS.

Cree
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announcing $0.17 EPS vs expected $0.16.

PMC-Sierra
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doubled earnings expectations, announcing $0.08 EPS vs consensus of $0.04 EPS.

3M
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to report Friday morning; consensus is $1.13 EPS.

Schlumberger
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also set to report early Friday; expect $0.77 EPS.

Merck
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early Friday, with analysts expecting $0.50 EPS.

John Patrick Lee