TradingMarkets’ 10 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

Adobe
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beat by a penny, ex-items and beat on revenues, but
guidance was a disppointment.

KB Homes
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beat by 0.28 and raised 2005 guidance; revenues were
in-line. Sales jumped nearly 80%.

FedEx
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was mentioned positively in Business Week.

Circuit City
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reported a loss of 0.07, wider than expected.

Wachovia downgraded Goldman Sachs
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to market perform from
outperform

Genentech
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is buying a plant in San Francisco  from
Biogen Idec

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. Price tag: $408 million. The plant was built to
manufacture the recalled drug Tysabri.

An FDA advisory committee recommended NitroMed’s
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heat drug
for African Americans be approved. 

Bank of America
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is acquiring a 9% stake in China
Construction Bank
for $2.5 billion. IT is the largest single investment to
date in the Chinese banking sector. The company plans to sell shares to the
public later this year.