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Recession Fears Drive Asian Stocks Lower ... Pound Higher on Possible BoE Rate Cut Pause ... Crude Oil Higher on Israel, Hamas Clash ... Rick's Cabaret, Shuffle Master Announce Earnings This Week ...

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

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

  • The CEOs of JC Penny (JCP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), PetSmart (PETM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), and Saks (SKS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) were among a number of retailers that have asked President-elect Obama to consider adding a number of "sales tax-exempt" days to the economic stimulus plan he is expected to announce in 2009.

  • GMAC, the main lender to General Motors (GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), won regulatory approval to become a bank holding company on Christmas Eve and is likely to get more than $6 billion in new capital through the TARP program. Shares of both General Motors and Ford Motor Company (F | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) were higher on the news.

  • Cutbacks in holiday spending on electronics and appliances by consumers this year will likely have a disproportionately negative impact on retailers such as Best Buy (BBY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).

  • Amazon.com (AMZN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced that 2008 was its "best holiday season ever" while other retailers across the board struggled.

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TradingMarkets 5 PowerRatings Stocks for Today

Company
Symbol PowerRatings
TrustCo Bank Corp NY TRST 8
ProShares UltraShort Technology ETFREW 8
Fairfax Financial Holdings FFH 8
Ezcorp Inc. EZPW 8
Aaron Rents Inc. RNT 7
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