TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Today

Here are 7 stocks for day
traders for Thursday April 6:

A jury decided that Merck
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must pay $4.5 million to  a man after finding that Vioxx was the
cause of his heart attack. The jury must now decide upon punitive damages.
MRK’s
PowerRating
is 5.

3M
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raised sales and earnings guidance. MMMs PowerRating
is 5.

Google
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and Craigslist are entering the online real estate market. Real
estate listings on Craigslist tripled in March from a year ago. GOOG’s PowerRating
is 3.

Bed Bath & Beyond

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beat by $0.02.
Credit Suisse raised its target on the stocks to $45 from $42.  BBBY’s
PowerRating
is 4.

WD-40
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beat by $0.11 but guided lower for fiscal year 2006. WDFC’s PowerRating
is 5.

Pier One

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reports before the
open Thursday; look for $0.01. PIR’s
PowerRating
is 5.

Marathon Oil
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guided production higher, saying it now sees 415K bpd, up from 395K
bpd. 

MRO’s
PowerRating
is 4.

Brice Wightman