TradingMarkets’ 9 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

• January 21, 2005
• TradingMarkets Editors

GE posted quarterly profits which rose 18%, beating by a penny at
0.51. A year ago the company earned 0.45.

United Technologies
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PowerRating) beat the street, reporting 1.29 and
backed its 10-15% growth forecast this year.

Fortune Brands
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in 2005.

Lam Research (LRCX)
beat by 0.06. Q2 income soared 10-fold.

Harmonic (HLIT)
beat by 0.04 and guided higher.

Scientific Atlanta (SFA)
beat by a penny but was light on revenues.

KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
beat by 0.02 on revenues that also beat estimates.

Xilinx (XLNX)
beat by a penny.

CheckFree (CKFR)
beat by 0.05.