TradingMarkets’ 8 Stocks You Need To Know About For Today

Alcoa
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guided lower and now sees
$0.27 – $0.31 vs. the consensus $0.44. The stock was downgraded to underperform
at Goldman Sachs and to underweight at Prudential.

Oracle
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posted a small increase
in profits for Q1; revenue rose 25% over last year. The stock was downgraded to
neutral weight at Prudential.

3Com
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reported 0.11, ex-items,
and guided higher.

PalmOne
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beat by 0.04 and guided lower. The stock is trading
lower pre-open..

ElectroScientific
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beat by 0.04

Starbucks
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announced an additional 5 million share stock buyback.

Tibco
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beat by a penny.

Lockheed Martin
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increased the amount of their share repurchase
program, adding 45 million shares. The company also boosted its dividend 20% to
$0.30.

Electroglas
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beat by 0.13.