TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

Stocks closed modestly higher on Thursday, with Oracle’s impressive numbers helping the Nasdaq, while Bear Stearns reported the first quarterly loss in the company’s history. Click

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Here are 7 stocks for traders for Friday:

Research In Motion
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reported Q3 net income more than doubled, and raised its Q4 guidance above estimates (read more).

Jabil Circuit
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reported a 50% rise in Q1 profit, and provided guidance for Q2 and FY08 (read more).

Cisco Systems
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announced that Chief Development Officer, Charles Giancarlo, is leaving the company to join Silver Lake Partners. Giancarlo was seen by many as a possible successor to John Chambers, the company’s CEO (read more).

Newmont Mining
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sold its royalty assets and certain other non-core investments to Franco-Nevada Corporation in a transaction valued at $1.3 (read more).

Sun Bancorp
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announced a $1.1 billion share buyback (read more).

Tibco Software
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Q4 profit declined, but on a non-GAAP basis, earnings rose from the year-ago (read more).

KeyCorp
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announced a Q4 charge, but increased its dividend for the 43rd consecutive year (read more).