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Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index
S&P 400 + SWN - PHS S&P 600 + PYX - SWN
Stocks For Wednesday
MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 ET
Corporate Profits
8:30 ET
GDP
8:30 ET
GDP-Final +4.1% vs +4.3% consensus
Chain Deflator-Final +3.3% vs +3.0% consensus
EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 ET
TOP FINANCIAL NEWS
OPEC, Vying With Russia, Seeks to Boost Share of China's Crude Oil Market
BUSINESS NEWS
IBM to Buy Micromuse for $10.00 cash
Seagate to buy Maxtor for $1.9 bln in stock
ARI/GE - WSJ - GE is in advanced talks to buy ARI with a deal perhaps announced as early as today. Talks could still break down and a price was still not clear.
Kerkorian Sells 12 Million GM Shares After Stake Loses One-Third of Value
GM shares fall to 18-year low
Google takes 5 pct stake in AOL in new ad deal
Nike net rises but orders disappoint; shares fall
Trading Up
CBK +7.5% (beat by $0.01; guided); PALM +7.1% (beat by $0.03, guided above consensus); CHAP +6.1% (reported NovQ well above the one analyst est); SWN +1.7% (added to S&P 600)...
Mentioned on Mad Money
ACV +1.8%, RL +1.3%...
Trading Down
ERTS -3.5% (lowers guidance); NKE -3.4% (reported $0.10 better than consensus; sees future orders increase 6.1% sequentially); DEPO -3.4% (filed $100 mln mixed shelf); JBL -2.9% (reported $0.02 better than consensus; guided Q2 in-line; guided Y06 to high end of previous guidance); GM -2.6% (Tracinda sells 12 mln GM shares in Dec); INTV -1.7% (beat by $0.02, guided for Q4)... Down in reaction to ERTS warning: THQI -2.9%, TTWO -2.8%, ATVI -1.5%

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Insiders Buy Three Lagging Insurers by Naureen S. Malik

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