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Duke Energy
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is buying Cinergy [
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. Duke will
swap 1.56 shares of its common stock for each Cinergy share.

Ameritrade
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and ETrade
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are both trading
higher on merger speculation. The Wall Street Journal reports that ETrade
has expressed an interest in buying Ameritrade.

McDonald’s
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U.S. same store sales rose 4.7%; globally, sales
rose 2.8%.

Hillenbrand
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missed and cut ’05 estimates.

King Pharmaceuticals
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beat for Q1.