TradingMarkets’ 9 Stocks You Need To Know About Today

Bank of America
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will buy credit card giant MBNA
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in a $35 billion ($27.50/share) cash and stock deal.

3Com
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missed by 0.03 and issued in-line guidance. Sales
fell 9%.

Research in Motion
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beat by a penny and guided in-line. The
stock is trading lower pre-open.

Home Depot
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was upgraded to overweight at Lehman; target $47.

BMC Software
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missed by a penny and guided higher.

Mark Cuban reported a 9.1% stake in Register.com
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Cirrus Logic
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will join the new Russell Microcap Index.

Palmsource
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missed by  0.02 and guided lower.