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U.S. Stocks Finish Modestly Lower, Financials Led Lower … Overbought Conditions Wane on Pullback … Sen. Specter of PA switches to Democratic Party, Cites Primary Challenge … Most Oversold ETFs: GLD, LQD, SLV … Earnings on Deck for Wednesday Include: Q, WYE, GD, TWX, SBUX ….

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

Here are 7 stocks for traders for today from TradingMarkets.com:

  • Among a number of companies reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday morning before the market opens are Qwest Communications
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    , which is expected to report EPS of 8 cents, and Time Warner
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    , which is expected to announce per share earnings of 43 cents.

  • Also expected to announce earnings before the bell on Wednesday are health care related companies Wyeth
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    and ViroPharma
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    . Analysts are expecting to hear per share earnings of 88 cents from Wyeth and 15 cents from ViroPharma.

  • EPS of 1.47 is what General Dynamics
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    is expected to report when it announces quarterly earnings Wednesday morning before the open.

  • Traders on Wednesday also will likely be focusing on the shares of two companies reporting earnings after the close. Starbucks
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    is expected to report per share earnings of 15 cents. 64 cents is what analysts are expecting from Visa Inc.
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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Brinker International EAT 9
Darden Restaurant DRI 9
Best Buy Inc. 9
Novatel Wireless Inc. NVTL 8
Palm Inc. PALM 8

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