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Applied Materials
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beat by a penny as quarterly profit
rose, but the company said orders in the current period will be down 35%.

Intel CEO Craig Barrett said he expects better performance in the
first half of 2005.

Medtronic
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missed by a penny; weaker forecast.

Intuit
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beat by 0.03 and guided lower.

Altria
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was upgraded at Prudential to Overweight.

Google
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issued cautionary S-1 statements.

Instinet
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is for sale, according to The New York Times,
and has retained UBS.

Limited
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  was in-line, but profits were lower.

The Gold ETF (GLD) begins trading today. 100,000 shares are redeemable
into 1 gold bullion.