TradingMarkets’ 6 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

Genentech
reported  Q2 earnings of 0.30 vs a 0.26 forecast; revenues were in-line.
Herceptin sales rose 23%. Tarceva sales were $10 million higher than analysts
expected. DNA is up nearly $40 in the past 4 months. The company upped its
guidance.

Pepsi
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beat by 0.03 and said it was confident in its 2005
outlook.

Ameritrade
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beat by a penny, beat on revenues and issued
in-line guidance.

Bank of America upgraded Dreamworks
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to buy.

Biomet
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was upgraded at Morgan Stanley, to overweight.

Colgate
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is selling its U.S. laundry brands for $60 million and
will repatriate in $800 million in Q3, resulting in a one-time $35 million
charge.