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U.S. Stocks Rally on Tuesday After Big Monday Sell-Off … Asian Stocks Higher … New Bidder Reported for Yahoo! … U.S. Automakers Plan Restructuring, Want Billions in Loans … Del Monte, Aeropostale, Collective Brands Report Earnings Today …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

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

  • The Wall Street Journal reported that a new bidder for Yahoo!
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    was looking to buy some or all of the company. The bidder, Jonathan Miller, is a former CEO at AOL.

  • Ford Motor Company
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    has produced a restructuring plan that calls for borrowing $9 billion. General Motors
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    has created a $18 billion plan that includes a federal oversight board and a $6 billion line of credit in case the recession worsens.

  • Although warning of softer profits in the fourth quarter, General Electric
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    was up more than 14% late in trading on Tuesday.

  • Quarterly losses of up to $2 billion are feared when Goldman Sachs
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    reports earnings next week on December 16.

  • Reporting earnings Wednesday morning before the market opens, Del Monte
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    is expected to announce EPS of 0.12.

  • A lowered profit forecast and continued concerns of demand outstripping supply led to selling in Research in Motion
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    on a day when stocks in general were higher.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
Aqua America WTR 8
Sherwin Williams Company SHW 7
Fairfax Financial Holdings FFH 7
Family Dollar Stores FDO 7
Tompkins Financial Corporation TMP 6

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