TradingMarkets 7 stocks you need to know for today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for
Thursday:

Wal Mart

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was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Bank of America, who also raised
the price target to $44 from $55.

WMT’s
PowerRating
is 5.

MasterCard
(MA) debuts today, pricing 65 million shares at $39, below the original $40 –
$43 range.

Hormel

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beat by
$0.03 and offered in-line guidance.
HRL’s
PowerRating
is 5.

Yahoo
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and ebay
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signed a multi-year
partnership involving search, advertising, online payments, a co-branded
toolbar and "click to call" advertising.  YHOO’s
PowerRating
is 3 and EBAY’s
PowerRating
is 3.


Electronic Arts
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was upgraded to
Peer Perform from Underperform at Bear Stearns. ERTS’s PowerRating
is 3.

Sanderson Farms

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missed by $0.34, citing low demand and prices.

 SAFM’s
PowerRating
is 5.

Tivo

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beat by $0.09 and issued in-line guidance. TIVO’s
PowerRating
is 8.  

Brice Wightman