TradingMarkets’ 10 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

General Motors
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and Ford
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were downgraded to ‘sell’
at Bank of America.

Federated Department Stores
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will buy May Department Stores
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for $11 billion. The deal, which values May at $35.50, creates the
largest US department store chain.

Tiffany
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beat by 0.02, but sees a lower Q1.

Biogen Idec
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and Elan
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said they are
suspending of their MS drug Tysabri because if adverse events. BIIB was halted
pre-open; ELN was trading down substantially. Teva Pharmaceuticals
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has a competing drug and is trading higher.

Wal-Mart
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sees February sales up 4%

Heinz
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beat by a penny.