TradingMarkets 7 stocks you need to know for today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for
Thursday:

3Com
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beat by $0.03, ex-items. RBC raised the target price on the stock to $5. COMS’s
PowerRating

is 6.

Merrill Lynch raised
McDonald’s

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to Buy from Neutral. MCD’s
PowerRating

is 5.

Ethanol producer and marketer
Aventine Renewable Energy debuts on the
NYSE with the symbol “AVR.”

Monsanto
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beat by $0.03. MON’s
PowerRating

is 4.

Micron
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beat by $0.04, but revenues were less than expected. The company also said it
does not expect the Lexar merger to increase fourth-quarter revenues very
much. MU’s
PowerRating
is
6.

Paychex
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was in-line at $0.32; revenue was greater than expected. The company guided
lower, and now sees $1.37 – $1.39 for fiscal 2007 vs. a $1.40 consensus.
PAYX’s
PowerRating
is
5.

Red Hat
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reported $0.07 and beat on revenues. RHAT’s
PowerRating

is 5.

Brice Wightman

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