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MARKET SNAPSHOT
Stocks Lower in Choppy Trading Market players appeared to lack conviction amid anxiety about the economy and the credit crunch
S&P STOCK PICKS AND PANS
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S&P Picks and Pans: Cisco, AT&T, FedEx, AmeriTrade, Garmin Analyst opinions on stocks making headlines Friday
THE OUTLOOK
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Capitalizing on Change Western health care companies hope to profit from reform in Asian countries
THE WEEK AHEAD
Vital Signs: More Rate Cuts from the Fed? On tap: October housing starts, Federal Reserve quarterly economic forecast, November home builders' survey
INSIDE WALL STREET
Staples: No. 1 in the World's Offices Also featured this week: Owens-Illinois and Biodel
STOCK SCREENS
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The Stocks Insiders Buy Standard & Poor's latest stock screen finds eight top-ranked names whose shares are being snapped up by company insiders
STOCKS IN THE NEWS
Kraft Quits the Breakfast Club The food giant is shedding its Post cereals biz in a complex $2.9 billion transaction with Ralcorp. Analysts are mixed on the deal's merits
INDUSTRY IN FOCUS
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Oil Stocks: Time to Go National? S&P says state-owned petroleum outfits like top-rated CNOOC and StatoilHydro offer investors unique advantages
TOP NEWS
Bernanke's New Transparency The stock markets want to know everything about the Fed's deliberations, but they don't always digest the information well
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