TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Today

Look for Alcan

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with Alcoa. AL’s PowerRating is 4.

Microsoft said it would double its orders from
Taiwanese X-box chip suppliers, including Taiwan
Semiconductor
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Merrill Lynch upgraded
Freeport McMoran
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FCX’s PowerRating is 6.

Micron
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63% year-over-year, but revenues fell. $0.27 MU’s PowerRating is 6.

Bausch & Lomb
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suspended U.S. shipments of its Renu With MoistureLoc contact lens solution
after the FDA looks into a "rare but serious eye infection" in contact lens
users. The stock was downgraded at several houses, including J.P. Morgan,
Piper Jaffray, Baird and First Albany. BOL’s PowerRating is 6.

Embarcadero
Technologies
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Q1 and now sees $0.04, down from $0.06 – $ 0.08.

Brice Wightman