TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for
Friday:

Google

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reported $2.29 vs a $1.97
forecast; net revenue was $1.53 billion, also beating estimates. Earnings rose
60%. Merrill Lynch upgraded GOOG to Buy from Neutral and the stock is trading
higher pre-open.. GOOG’s PowerRating
is 3.

3M

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beat by $0.03 and lifted its
2006 sales forecast. MMM’s PowerRating
is 5.

Ford

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reported $0.24, ex-items, missing by a penny; revenue fell 9% to $41
billion. F’s PowerRating
is 3.

McDonald’s
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beat by a penny on $5.1 billion revenue, slightly ahead of estimates. MCD’s PowerRating
is 5.

Schlumberger

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beat by $0.04; net income rise
38%. SLB’s PowerRating
is 4

Ingersoll-Rand

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reported $0.79, beating by $0.07
and boosted its 2006 outlook. IR’s PowerRating
is 4. 

Wyeth
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beat by $0.10. WYE’s PowerRating
is 5.

Brice Wightman