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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

Here are 7 stocks for traders for Friday from TradingMarkets.com:

• The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a preliminary inquiry into the bankruptcy rumor-fueled drop in shares of UAL Corporation (UAUA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) according to a report from MarketWatch.
  
  
• General Motors (GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gained more than 11%, emerging as the Dow's biggest gainer on Thursday.
  
  
• The Wall Street Journal reported late in the day that Bank of America (BAC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was in talks to buy Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).
  
  
• Up more than 10% on Thursday, CSX Corporation (CSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), reached a three-day closing high after pulling back to oversold extremes on Tuesday.
  
  
• Research in Motion (RIMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced a deal to use Microsoft's (MSFT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) search engine on its popular Blackberry line of smartphones.
  

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