TradingMarkets’ 14 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

Coca-Cola
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reported better than expected earnings–excluding
items–and announced a $2 billion buyback. Quarterly net income fell 11%;
revenue rose 4%. The stock is trading up pre-open.

Johnson & Johnson
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reported 0.97, beating by 0.05.

Merrill Lynch
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posted a down quarter but beat expectations;
the company announced a $4 billion stock buyback.

Texas Instruments
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beat by a penny and guided in-line. Q1
profits rose 12%.

General Motors
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reported <1.48>, beating by a penny. GM bonds
are trading 800 basis points over treasuries. The company offered no guidance.

Pfizer
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was in-line, ex-items. 

Novellus
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reported in-line at 0.22; the company beat on
revenues but margins were lower than expected.

EMC Corp.
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was in-line at 0.11.

Radio Shack
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beat estimates, but warned.

American Standard
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beat by 0.11.

Viacom
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beat by 0.05 and revenues were slightly higher than
expected.

Sonus Networks
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lowered its forecast for Q1; the stock
traded lower after the close.

Lucent
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reported 0.06, in-line; revenues were $2.34 billion.
The company has $4.1 billion in cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet.

Target
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said that April comps will be at the low end of the
2-4% range.

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