TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday

Stocks in general finished the day little changed, while the Nasdaq lost a little over one percent.

The Dow slipped 19.59. The Nasdaq Composite fell by 22.48. And the S&P 500 closed lower by 5.30.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.

Johnson & Johnson
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was awarded nearly $630 million in interest in its patent lawsuit against Boston Scientific
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involving arterial stints.

Plummeting auto sales sent shares of Ford
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lower by more than 12% on Wednesday. Daimler AG
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admitted that sales of luxury cars would remain under pressure. DAI lost more than 8% on the day.

Despite a $3 billion investment from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, General Electric
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slid by more than 15% on Wednesday.

Representing continued weakness in basic materials stocks, Dow component Alcoa
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hit a new multi-month low.

Takeover speculation sent shares of National City Corporation
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higher by more than 70% on Wednesday.

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