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8:30 GDP-Final (Q4): 0.6% cons.
8:30 Chain Deflator-Final (Q4): 2.7% cons.
8:30 Initial Claims: 378K prior|
GDP (final
[Consensus]
 [Star] 8:30 ET 
Corporate Profits
 [Bullet] 8:30 ET 
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 [Bullet] 8:30 ET 
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 [Bullet] 10:00 ET 
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TOP FINANCIAL NEWS
After Tumble, Investors Look To GDP Thursday
BUSINESS NEWS
Clear Channel buyers sue banks over $20 bln deal
Oracle's Sales Growth Misses Hopes
After Hours Summary: ORCL -8.5% on earnings/guidance; CCU +7.4% (Bain Capital and THL Partners sue banks to demand completion of CCU acquisition); RMBS +4.6% (confirms that the co wins coordinated trial against Memory Manufacturers; RMBS was awarded $133.6M in damages)
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 CTRN +9.1%; RECN +3.2%... 
Trading Down
 CKR -9.8%; ORCL -8.5%; RBN -7.6%; GSB -2.7%; PAYX -1.5%...
Companies moving in after hours trading in reaction to news: Trading Up
 CCU +7.4% (Bain Capital and THL Partners sue banks to demand completion of CCU acquisition; sues banks for tortious interference with merger; co asks for injunction or damages substantially exceeding $26 bln merger price); MF +6.6% (enhances its agreement with Man Group; the new arrangement will ultimately remove the need for MF to allocate up to $800 mln of its existing liquidity); RMBS +4.6% (confirms that the co wins coordinated trial against Memory Manufacturers; RMBS was awarded $133.6M in damages); BLFH +1.6% (discloses in 8-k that it repurchased $107.5 mln of its outstanding 3.00% Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2027)... 
Trading Down
 EPR -4.1% (announces proposed concurrent offerings of series E cumulative convertible preferred shares and common shares); XL -2.9% (Fitch downgrades SCA and XLCA; outlook negative); GOOG -2.9% (Google February Paid Clicks Lousy (Again) - Henry Blodget on Silicon Alley Insider); TUNE -1.9% (raises their Q1 rev est to $25 mln or slightly in excess of $25 mln inside today's 8-k); NS -1.6% (announces public offering of common units, plans to sell 4 mln common units pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed); CHK -1.6% (Energy announces it will commence a 20 mln share common stock offering, pursuant to an effective shelf registration); MOT -1.0% (Icahn publishes an open letter to MOT board; says he continues to have concerns about the speed and manner in which a new mgmt team is selected); LGF -1.0% (and Xenon Pictures announce new home entertainment distribution agreement); AMPL -1.0% (Israel engages Israeli market maker for its series a debentures on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange); MU -0.9% (disagrees with jury decision in Rambus antitrust trial).

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Before: CHINA, CHTT, CAG, CONN, CAO, DSW, EGO, FRPT, FRED, IART, KBH, LEN, MKC, MOV, NOVN, SCHL, SOLF, TXI, UTIW, WCG, WMAR, WTSLA, WSM

After: ACMR, CAN, APOL, GRRF, DM, FINL, GIII, GPN, HMX, JRT, LTON, MRGE, RHT, SCS, TIBX, PAY, VIMC, XRTX

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       ALL at JP Morgan 2008 Insurance Conf.

       BWY, CXO, NCX, FLIR, DVR, OLN at Banc of America Securities SMid Cap Conf.

       DLKM, KIDS, MFN, HOTJ, MMM, PCCC at Wall Street Analyst Forum

       LEVI, AW, PQ, TEX, SRX, BRS at Credit Suisse Group Global Leveraged Finance Conf.

PFCB, MCD, SONS, BWLD, WYN, IGT at JPMorgan Gaming, Lodging & Restaurants Conf.

SGXP, CEGE, LXRX, CRXX, TRCA, OREX, DCGN at BioCentury Publications Inc. /Thomson Financial

       Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conf.

     SRE 2008 Analyst Conf.

 

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 [Bullet] 7:45 ET 

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 [Bullet] 8:55 ET 

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 [Bullet] 10:00 ET 

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