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U.S. Stocks Slide on Tech Selling … Asian Stocks Lower in Volatile Trading … Dollar Higher Against Yen … Oil Advances … Merck Buys Schering- Plough for $41 Billion … Earnings on Deck for Today Include: KR, DKS, SAM …
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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today |
Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:
- Merck
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PowerRating) in a cash and stock deal valued at more than $41 billion. - Reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday morning before the market opens, Kroger
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PowerRating) is expected to announce EPS of 52 cents. - Also scheduled to announce earnings before the bell Tuesday morning is Dick’s Sporting Goods
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PowerRating). Analysts are expecting the retailer to report earnings per share of 0.53. - Shares of Google
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PowerRating), which gained more than 40% on the day.
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today |
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| Odyssey Re Holdings | ORH | 9 |
| Corinthian Colleges Inc. | COCO | 8 |
| Epiq Systems Inc. | EPIQ | 8 |
| Palm Inc. | PALM | 8 |
| Career Education Corporation | CECO | 8 |
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