TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know For Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for Thursday:

Gateway
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was
upgraded at Bear Stearns from Underperform to Peer Perform.

eBay
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was
downgraded from Market Perform to Underperform at Piper Jaffray.

Toro
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beat
earnings this morning, announcing $0.91 EPS vs. expected $0.86.

Jackson Hewitt Tax
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missed earnings, hitting -$0.36 EPS vs. a forecast of -$0.33.

Rite Aide
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announced a deal to buy nearly 2,000 Eckerd and Brooks drugstores for $1.45
billion from a Canadian investment group.

Apple
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agreed
to pay out $100 million to Creative Technology
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over a patent dispute.

Brice Wightman

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