TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for
Friday:

Anadarko Petroleum
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will buy Kerr McGee
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and Western
Gas Resources for $21.1 billion, creating the largest independent oil producer
with both natural gas and Gulf operations. APC’s
PowerRating
is
4.

Oracle
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reported $0.29, non-GAAP, beating by a penny. Quarterly profit rose 27%.
ORCL’s
PowerRating
is
5.

Smart Modular
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beat by a penny and guided higher.

Solectron
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was in-line at
$0.04, swinging to a profit vs. a year ago.

SLR’s
PowerRating
is
4.

UBS upgraded Phelps Dodge

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to Buy from Neutral. PD’s
PowerRating
is
5.

Blackboard
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raised guidance for Q2 and full year 2006.  BBBB’s
PowerRating
is
3.

Tektronix
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beat by a penny but guided Q1 lower. Earnings were up 50% from a year
ago. 


TEK’s


PowerRating
is
5. 

Brice Wightman