TradingMarkets’ 12 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

General Motors

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missed estimates, reporting 0.78, warned, and announced 12,000 job cuts
in Europe.


Apple (AAPL)
reported 0.27 vs. a 0.18 estimate (0.26 adjusted for dilution). Revenues were
$2.35 billion vs. a $2.15 billion estimate. The company shipped over 2 million
iPods, more than the 1.45 million consensus.

Citigroup
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Q3 profits rose, but missed on revenues.

Bank of America
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beat by a penny. Q3 profit rose 29%; the
company missed on revenues.

Abbot Labs
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was in-line and posted a higher Q3 profit.

Southwest Airlines
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said Q3 profits rose 12.3%.


Sandisk (SNDK)
missed by 0.05; the stock fell $5 in after hours trading.


Lam Research (LRCX)
beat by 0.06 and announced a $250 million share buyback.


QLogic (QLGC)
beat by 0.04.

InFocus
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cut its Q3 sales outlook.

Nokia
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said Q3 earnings fell


Novellus (NVLS)
was in-line. The company lowered its outlook, saying customers have become more
cautious.