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Economics
8:30 GDP Annualized: 0.8% cons
8:30 Personal Consumption: 2.0% cons
8:30 GDP Price Index: 2.6% cons
8:30 Core PCE (q/q): 2.7% cons
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims: 350 k cons
8:30 Continuing Claims: 2773 k cons
10:00 Help Wanted Index: 21 cons
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Dollar hits new low as Fed signals rate cut
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Companies moving in after hours trading in reaction to earnings
 Trading Up
 CRM +9.3%; DBRN +12.7%; LSR +9.1%; FLS +9.8%; NKTR +8.4%; FIX +8.2%; VISN +7.1%; MIDD +6.6%; CTRP +6.2%; MANT +4.5%; NUVO +3.6%; AHT +3.1%; ZINC +3.1%; LTD +2.7%; GEF +2.6%; ARNA +2.2%; UHT +1.8%; TELK +1.6%; TS +1.2%; MRX +1.2%; MTZ +1.2%...  Trading Down
 SEED -32.9%; AIRN -17.2%; FIRE -12.1%; MYL -10.7%; DRCO -9.4%; RCKY -8.8%; ESPD -7.9%; AMSF -5.4%; GSIG -3.9%; GMR -3.0%; GMKT -2.9%; SWX -2.8%; CDR -1.7%...  
Companies moving in after hours trading in reaction to news:
Trading Up
 VRNM +17.0% (awarded U.S. Department of Energy grant to speed enzyme development for cellulosic ethanol production); IMMC +10.0% (announces FDA clearance of the CellSearch circulating tumor cell kit for monitoring patients with metastatic prostate cancer); REGN +8.5% (announces that the FDA approves co's ARCALYST for treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes); WPL +7.0% (has retained Merrill Lynch to review strategic alternatives; co postpones earnings release); APPX +1.9% (receives final approval for Irinotecan Hydrochloride Injection); ZGEN +1.8% (10% owner Warburg Pincus bought 243K shares at $9.02-9.73 on 2/21-2/26); SMHG +1.8% (to write down high-yield fund investment and increase loan loss reserves); DARA +1.0% (announces appointment of new director to board)... 
Trading Down
 NGSX -33.0% (announces preliminary results from second Phase 3 clinical trial in HIV-DSP; primary and secondary endpoints do not achieve statistical significance); FIRE -12.1% (announces Wayne Jackson to step down as CEO; The board has initiated an external search process for a new CEO); DSTI -3.9% (CFO Raja Venkatesh resigns, effective March 14); SMOD -2.6% (Chief Financial Officer resigns); F -0.8% (says credit arm will post lower profit in '08 vs. '07 -- DJ).
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FRE, GTI, HANS, HSP, IRM, SFI, KG, LEAP, MIC, NAFC, NRF, NRG, OMG, OCR,
OPXT, PEIX, PRX, PDE, RHD, SHLD, SFD, S, SRT, SCMR, TLM, TSTY, TEF, WPL,
XMSR,
After: AIG, BEAS, BGFV, BIOI, BLG, CEGE, RIO, CMED, DELL, DECK, FCN, GPS,
GRP, HEI, HLX, KSS, KSS, NINE, NOVL, OVTI, SGMS, SIE, SWN, TFX, URI, UHS,
UTSI, VMSI, PAY, VIA.B, INT

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