TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know For Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders on Friday:

Regions Financial
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beat earnings this morning, announcing $0.75 EPS vs estimated $0.64.

Monster Worldwide
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was upgraded from Hold to Buy at Citigroup, citing that the risk from the co’s
stock option investigation is already priced in.

Baidu.com
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was
upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform at Piper Jaffray; Piper lifted BIDU’s
target price to $110.

After Nasdaq’s claims that Apollo
Group

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is not in line with the exchange’s filing
requirements, the co announced plans to hold a hearing in its defense.

Estee Lauder
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announced that the co has reached a settlement with the IRS, ending a federal
income tax dispute for returns from 1998-2201.

Citigroup upgraded International
Paper

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from Hold to Buy after IP announced a $3 billion share
buyback.

Archer Daniels Midland
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announced plans to purchase $7.5 million worth of Metabolix stock shares.

Brice Wightman

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