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Company | Price | % Change |
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Beazer Homes USA, Inc | 0.47 | 62.07% |
Arvinmeritor Inc | 0.49 | 32.43% |
Smithfield Foods Inc | 7.81 | 31.26% |
Prudential Finl Inc | 18.37 | 29.73% |
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Index | Last | % Change |
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Dow Jones | 7,170.06 | 3.34% |
Nasdaq | 1,426.10 | 3.97% |
S&P 500 | 750.74 | 4.07% |
10yr | 99 1/32 | Yield: 2.86% |
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Company | Price | % Change |
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Sanmina Corp | 0.24 | 14.33% |
Micron Technology Inc | 3.55 | 10.94% |
Charter Communications Inc D | 0.02 | -8.75% |
Sprint Nextel Corporation | 3.81 | 7.93% |
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