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FOMC August Minutes Say Next Move Will Be Higher … Consumer Confidence Strengthens … Energy Shares Among Tuesdays Gainers … Home Prices Plunge in June … Durable Goods Report Today, Jobless Claims Tomorrow …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

  • Dollar Tree
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    reports earnings Wednesday morning before the opening bell. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.41.

  • Verizon Communications
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    is nearing a deal that would allow Google
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    to become the default search engine for all Verizon mobile devices.

  • Analysts are expecting Solarfun Power
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    to report earnings per share of 1.48 when the company announces quarterly earnings Wednesday morning before the market opens.

  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
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    announced that its drug, Azilect, was the first to slow the progress of the Parkinson’s disease.

  • The slowing economy has been hard on popular family restaurants, bringing shares of both Brinker International
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    , which runs Chili’s Bar and Grill, and Darden Restaurants
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    , which runs Olive Garden and Red Lobster lower on Tuesday.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Corinthian Colleges COCO 9
RightNow Technologies Inc. RNOW 9
Seattle Genetics Inc. SGEN 8
Teledyne Technologies Inc. TDY 8
Trimble Navigation Limited TRMB 8

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