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Worries Over Bailout Bill Fate in House Weigh on Stocks ... Crude Oil Continues Lower, Treasuries Rally ... Asian Stocks Slide Again ... Nikkei Dips Below 11,000 For the First Time in Three Years ... Anxious Eyes Turn Toward Friday Payroll Report

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

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

• Morgan Stanley (MS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) downgraded stocks as diverse as Las Vegas Sands (LVS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and eBay (EBAY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) from "overweight" to "equal weight" on Thursday.
  
  
• Despite an impressive rally off its intraday lows on Wednesday, General Electric (GE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) slid by more than 9% on Thursday.
  
  
• Losing more than 6% on the day, Intel (INTC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) fell to its lowest levels in more than a year.
  
  
• Family Dollar (FDO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings Friday morning before the bell. Analyst are expecting EPS of 0.34.
  
  
• Agricultural stocks came under exceptional pressure on Thursday, with shares of Monsanto (MON | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), lower by more than 17%.
  

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