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Energy and Financial Stocks Hit Hard on Tuesday ... Failed Negotiations with Korea Development Bank Led to Lehman Stock Crash ... Texas Instruments Reaffirms Forecast ... OPEC Widely Believed to Stand Put On Production ... Apple Unveils New Thinner, Cheaper iPods ...

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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

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

• The end of negotiations with Korea Development Bank sent shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) sharply lower on Tuesday.
  
  
• Cardica Inc. (CRDC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), featured in TradingMarkets' "Trading Where the Action Is!" midday report on Tuesday, was up more than 30% as the FDA approved the company's new heart bypass surgery system.
  
  
• Among the biggest pullbacks in the Dow industrials, American International Group (AIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) lost more than 19% on Tuesday.
  
  
• Lower on the day and pulling back below its 200-day moving average, JP Morgan Chase (JPM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) lost more than 4% on Tuesday.
  
  
• Among the few Dow stocks to finish in the green on Tuesday, McDonalds Corporation (MCD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) ended the day up more than 1%, closing well off its intraday highs, however.
  
  
• Representative of a continuing slide in energy stocks, Massey Energy (MEE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was down more than 19% on Tuesday.
  
  
• Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. (AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced thinner and cheaper iPod models as well as new media players with increased storage capacity in a widely-anticipated media event on Tuesday.
  

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