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Asian Stocks Lower, Led by Commodity Shares ... Congress, Administration Agree on Bailout Plan ... Obama, McCain Squared Off in First Debate ... Wachovia Seeks Suitors ... Likely Fed Cuts Loom Large Over Dollar's Fortunes

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

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

• Treatments for anemia from Amgen (AMGN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) came under greater regulatory scrutiny after a German study linked the Johnson & Johnson anemia drug to increased risk of death in stroke patients.
  
  
• Falling revenues due to the housing slump lead to a massive loss for the third quarter for K.B. Homes (KBH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which was actually up on Friday.
  
  
• JP Morgan Chase & Company (JPM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) bought what was left of Washington Mutual (WM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) late on Thursday as part of the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.
  
  
• Walgreen (WAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Monday before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 0.45.
  
  
• Citigroup (C | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was up more than 4% late in trading on Friday, undeterred by the Wall Street bailout debate in Washington.
  
  
• Weakness in its financial services division led General Electric (GE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) to lower its profit forecast and suspend its share buyback program.
  

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