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Here are 7 stocks for traders for Thursday from TradingMarkets.com:
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS - News) barely beat earnings on Wednesday afternoon, announcing $0.32 EPS over an expected $0.31 EPS. LVS's PowerRating is 6.
Symantec (NasdaqGS:SYMC - News) beat earnings on Wednesday, with $0.24 EPS over a consensus of $0.20 EPS. SYMC's PowerRating is 4.
International Paper (NYSE:IP - News) announces earnings on Thursday morning; watch for $0.40 EPS. IP's PowerRating is 5.
MGM Mirage (NYSE:MGM - News) should report $0.63 EPS in quarterly earnings on Thursday before the market opens. MGM's PowerRating is 6.
Analysts will be watching for OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX - News) to report $0.94 EPS on Thursday morning. OMX's PowerRating is 6.
When Reliant Energy (NYSE:RRI - News) announces quarterly earnings on Thursday morning, look for -$0.06 EPS. RRI's PowerRating is 6.
Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL - News) is expected to report $1.00 EPS tomorrow morning. NBL's PowerRating is 5.
PowerRatings are courtesy of PowerRatings.net

Labels: Hot Stocks, IP, LVS, MGM, NBL, OMX, RRI, SYMC

Bullish calls:
GlobalSantaFe (NYSE: GSF - News): ' I like GSF.'Transocean (NYSE: RIG - News): 'I like RIG.'McDonald's (NYSE: MCD - News): 'What's not to like? You know MCD is my favorite. Now, it is true that my friend Danny Meyer did indicate that McDonald's is kind of like a filling station... but it's a darn clean filling station and, really, honestly... is there anyone in the world that doesn't like their fries?... 'EMC (NYSE: EMC - News)Moody's (NYSE: MCO - News): 'Well I did have a sense that they [Credit Suisse downgraded] were a combination Zuukoff-Stalin, when they were doing that kind of communist downgrade. Here's the deal: I think that MCO is not as good as MHP.'McGraw Hill (NYSE: MHP - News): 'I like MHP, because it's got a more diversified business. So I support the idea of MCO, but not as much as MHP.'Greif (NYSE: GEF - News): 'I think that this is the company that looks so much like it could be taken out in a private equity deal. It's got the plastic, fiber, corrugate... basic American commodity plays... but, I can't recommend that at its 52-week high ... You need a pullback, before you can back the truck up.'Halliburton (NYSE: HAL - News): 'HAL announces what is the equivalent of the giant buyback that I've been looking for. I just had to point that out...'China Mobile (NYSE: CHL - News): 'You should be going into CHL - the only Chinese stock I recommend on this show.'Time Warner (NYSE: TWX - News): ' Incredibly undervalued ... I still think it goes to $25.'Chemical & Mining Company of Chile (NYSE: SQM - News): ' ... even in the $140s -SQM is a better fertilizer stock [than TRA].'
Bearish calls:
Alvarion (NasdaqGM: ALVR): 'This is an Israeli WiMax play, that I think is too tied into the whole cell phone morass... I want you in my McCaw play [which will be traded as CLWR], not in ALVR...'Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX - News): 'At $18 and change, we hit the 'sell block' on that... we said we don't want to be greedy, we said get out. Here it is at $16 and change. I'm warming up, but I am not ready to pull the trigger. I say 'don't buy, don't buy...'Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL - News): 'This one is so well run. It is just light years from the BPs... from the Royal Dutches ... I believe that the better buys right now - and I'm saying ring the register - are in the oil drillers. I like GSF and I like RIG.'Netscout Systems (NasdaqGM: NTCT): 'NTCT is not my favorite here. I'd rather see you in a kind of software/hardware play.'Qiao Xing Universal Telephone (NasdaqGM: XING): 'Your stock should be sold. You should be going into CHL - the only Chinese stock I recommend on this show.'Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO - News): 'You know, three guys have now upgraded KO and the stock's not moving. I'm putting it in the 'don't buy' camp. Don't buy, don't buy.'Terra Industries (NYSE: TRA - News)

Labels: ALVR, BSX, CHL, EMC, GEF, GSF, HAL, Jim Cramer, KO, Lightning Round, Mad Money, MCD, MCO, MHP, NBL, RIG, SQM, TRA, TWX