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Challenger Job-Cut Report
 [Bullet] 7:30 ET 
ECB Announcement
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Jobless Claims
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Oil rises despite bulging US stocks, eyes Nigeria
Japanese gain top slots in US car league
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Ford mulls Q1 charge for UAW layoffs
VeriSign VRSN Statement on ICANN Board Approval of Settlement
Cenveo CVO Announces Fourth Quarter 2005 Results

MICROSOFT vows better search than GOOGLE
Northwest reaches deal with flight attendants
Trading Up
VSNT
+30.0% (reported Q1); QADI +25.3% (reported Q4 results, issued Q1 and FY07 guidance); PETM +8.7% (beat by $0.01, guided Q1 below, Y07 in line); ALDA +8.6% (missed by $0.01, guided higher for FY06); RCKY +6.9% (reported $0.07 above consensus; guided Y06 EPS above consensus, ex-items; guided Y06 revs in-line); MW +4.1% (beat by $0.15; guided; reported Feb comps); WNR +3.7% (reported Q4 results); WCAA +2.7% (reported Q4 results, to explore strategic alternatives); TFSM +2.4% (reported $0.02 above consensus; guided Q1 in-line, Y06 EPS in-line, revs up); HOV +1.5% (beat by $0.01, guided Q2 below consensus)...
Trading Down
VNUS
-16.1% (reported in line; issued Q1 and FY06 guidance); OVTI -11.7% (reported $0.08 above consensus; guided Q4 in-line); SONE -8.2% (missed by $0.10, revs below consensus); CHS -6.5% (missed by $0.01; issued earnings guidance; reported Feb same store sales); FLR -2.7% (reported Q4 results, beat handily on revs; reaffirmed Y06 EPS guidance); MDR -1.4% (reported Q4);
Companies moving in reaction to news
IONA
+8.1% (received Nasdaq notice pursuant to marketplace rule 4803a); DVAX +5.6% (plans to report the positive safety and efficacy data for Phase II/III trial of Tolamba); NTCT +4.7% (broker initiation); ZUMZ +2.7% (reported Feb comps); GENR +2.4% (announced Interim EVIZON Phase II); MRGE +2.1% (expanded stock repurchase by $10 mln); LDG +1.7% (beat by $0.02, guided for Q1, Y07 above)...
Mentioned on Mad Money
RAD
+6.7%, INSU +2.5%... BDSI -32.9% (received non-approvable Notification from FDA on Emezine); DCN -23.8% (failed to make March 1st senior note interest payment); CNXT -3.7% (announced proposed offering of convertible subordinated notes); ABTL -3.0% (to appoint James Riesenbach Pres, CEO; co no longer for sale); AKS -2.9% (to increase stainless steel prices by 3%); CTRN -2.7% (reported Feb same store sales); ARO -2.6% (reported Feb same store sales); HOTT -2.6% (reported Feb same store sales).

WEEKDAY TRADER 7:53 p.m.

Forget Newmont! Go for Gold With ETFs 
by Dimitra DeFotis

Thanks to escalating expenses, gold-mining companies can be lousy investments even as the price of the yellow metal rises. Might be better to play the metal more directly through an index fund.

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