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Market Movers

In its mid-quarter
update, Intel (INTC)
announced Q4 revenue will be much higher than expected; analysts were looking
for $8.97 billion but now the company says it expects Q4 sales to be in the
$9.3-$9.5 billion range. Margins are expected to be in-line with expectations.
The stock is trading up.

Semiconductor HOLDRs
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will be in play after the Intel news.

The New York Times said that IBM may be putting its PC business
up for sale–worth potentially $2 billion.

American Greetings
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will cut 300 jobs to reduce costs.

Biomira
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said Phase II trials of its lung cancer drug were
encouraging.

Oracle
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was downgraded at Wachovia to market perform from
outperform.

BJ’s Wholesale, Target and Costco were cut to sell at
Lazard.

Ann Taylor
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was downgraded at Merrill, JP Morgan and Deutsche
Bank.