TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know For Today

• August 31, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 stocks for traders for Thursday:

HJ Heinz
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earnings this morning, announcing $0.58 vs expected $0.54.

Joy Global
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also beat, announcing $0.63 vs expected $0.58.

McAfee
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an upgrade this morning from Underperform to Hold at Jeffries & Co.

A number of health care stocks received downgrades from
Prudential this morning. These include Aetna
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Universal Health
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HCA
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Check Point Software
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was upgraded from Hold to Buy at Jeffries & Co.

Brice Wightman

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