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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Index
S&P 600 + TRAD - NATRE Wed 4-5
S&P 600 + UNTD - BCF     Mon 4-10

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FMD
+8.3% (announced new direct-to-consumer contract with BofA); GAP +8.0% (declared special dividend of $7.25); NKBS +7.1% (reports Y05); TRAD +6.4% (to be added to the S&P SmallCap 600); UNTD +4.6% (to be added to the S&P SmallCap 600); AERTA +4.4% (announced Q1 gross sales); EXFO -3.4% (reported Q2; issued Q3 guidance); DCEL +2.9% (guided results for Q1); IRIS +2.6% (acquired Leucadia Technologies)...
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+7.1%, TOMO +2.5%...
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EONC
-10.5% (to purchase 100% of Spark Technology); STJ -8.0% (guided below consensus for Q1); MRCY -6.3% (cut Q3 revenue guidance); MXO -2.8% (guides for Q1); SIMO -2.3% (guided Q1 below consensus).

WEEKDAY TRADER 7:18 p.m.

Hearts Could Skip Over Medtronic 
by Johanna Bennett

Shares of the innovative medical-device maker have slumped in recent weeks, presenting an unusual buying opportunity for a stock that has sharply outperformed the market over the past decade.

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