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Hewlett-Packard Raises Guidance, Reaches Deal on EDS ... Wal-Mart Earnings Up on Discounts ... Death Toll from Chinese Earthquake Nears 12,000 ... Inflation in United Kingdom Soars ... Toyota Reduces Discounts on Prius ... Toll Brothers Profits Down 10% on Housing Slump ... Staples Takes Hostile Bid for Corporate Express to Shareholders

Asian stocks up ... European stocks down ... The dollar moving higher against the Euro ... And the futures are trending lower in the hour before the bell.

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TradingMarkets 5 Business Stories You Need to Know

Hewlett Packard Plans EDS Buyout - Times Online

Shares of HPQ were down and shares of EDS were up big on Monday as traders learned that Hewlett Packard would be making a potential $13 billion bid for Electronic Data Systems..

Bold. Blackberry Bold - PC Magazine


Research in Motion unveiled its latest Blackberry, Blackberry Bold, as rumors grew that Apple was making way for a new and improved iPhone. With its Short Term PowerRating of 3, is Research in Motion a stock traders should be consider buying or consider avoiding? Try a free trial to our Short Term PowerRatings and find out just how likely Research in Motion is to outperform the average stock over the next few days.

Retail Up, Dollar Down? - DailyFX


Reports of the death of the Euro bull market have been greatly exaggerated. Or so suggests DailyFX chief strategist Kathy Lien in her look at how retail sales in the U.S. have impacted the dollar. Don't forget to find out how TradingMarket's forex guru Mark Whistler is reading the currency markets every day in his Forex Focus.

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Retailers Enter Earnings Season - Blogging Stocks




Ann Taylor helped get the retail contribution to earning season off to a strong start, as the women's fashion retailer raised its quarterly earnings guidance.

Yen Strength Saps Japanese Automakers - Wall Street Journal



Quarterly earnings were up at Nissan, but the car manufacturer warned that the strength of the Japanese yen would result in softer earnings for the year.

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Today

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

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  Ann Taylor ( ANN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gained 17% as the retailer surprised analysts by raising its quarterly earnings forecast to between $0.45 and $0.47 per share.
  
  

  
  


• The world's largest bond insurer, MBIA ( MBIA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), reported a massive quarterly loss of $2.4 billion on Monday.
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Wal-Mart ( WMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) beat analyst estimates in its earnings report Tuesday moring before the bell, but warned the subsequent quarters may be softer.
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Research in Motion ( RIMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) introduced a new, faster Blackberry as suspicions grew that Apple ( AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was clearing iPhone inventory to make way for a new device of their own.
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Shares of Electronic Data Systems ( EDS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) leapt by more than 25% on news that Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was in talks to buy the company.
  
  
  
  

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

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Do Stops Hurt Your Trading Performance? - TradingMarkets

Stop loses are a staple for many short term stock traders. But are they actually helping or hurting your performance. Trader and TradingMarkets VP Eddie Kwong looks at our latest research on stops and short term trading.

How to Use Options to Replicate a Futures Position - TradingMarkets

Can one derivative trade like another? TradingMarkets contributor Kurt Eckhardt shows traders how to train options to perform like futures contracts.

Up or Down Stock Contest Winner Trusts Her Instincts - TradingMarkets

Dee Ferris takes home $1,000 in cash for being our TradingMarkets Up or Down Stock Contest winner for the month of April. Find out how she did it at TradingMarkets.com..

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