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Dow, S&P 500 Close Lower for Fifth Consecutive Session … Wal-Mart Agrees to $350+ Million Worker Rights Settlement … Writedowns, Earnings Miss Boost Selling in Micron … Retailers Looking for Piece of Stimulus Plan Pie … Japanese Stocks Lower on U.S. Housing Woes …

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

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

  • One day after warning that the company was likely to report its first annual operating loss, Toyota Motor Company
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    announced that its president Katsuaki Watanabe would be leaving his post in 2009.

  • GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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    reported that it would stop using corporate money for political donations. The company donated more than $600,000 in political contributions in Canada and the United States in 2008.

  • Shares of Palm
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    have been moving higher over the past few days as traders and investors cheered news that the smartphone maker had received $100 million in additional funding from private equity firm, Elevation Partners.

  • CIT Group
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    learned on Tuesday that it had received preliminary approval to receive more than $2 billion in funds from the Treasury department’s TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program).

  • Reporting earnings Monday before the market opened, Walgreen’s
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    missed expectations by five cents. The stock broke down from a 10-day consolidation range as sellers overwhelmed buyers on the day.

  • Wachovia
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    shareholders approved of the merger with Wells Fargo
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    Tuesday morning.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
TrustCo Bank Corp TRST 8
Rohm & Haas Company ROH 8
Laclede Group Inc. LG 8
Epiq Systems Inc. EPIQ 8
Delta Air Lines DAL 8

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