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Nordstrom Sept same store sales rose 1.7% (JWN) 15.49 -0.74:


IDEC Pharm rises after Zevalin clarification (IDPH) 36.42 -1.19: Announces that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has informed the co that the previously assigned C-codes and billing rate for Zevalin became effective on Oct 1, 2002;


Sonus Networks um 1 Cent besser als erwartet (SONS) 0.27 +0.02: Reports Q3 (Sep) loss of $0.08 per share, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus of ($0.09); revenues fell 81.6% year/year to $7.4 mln vs the $7.0 mln consensus.


Rambus um 1 Cent besser als die Schätzungen(RMBS) 4.00 -0.10: Reports Q4 (Sep) earnings of $0.06 per share, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus of $0.05; revenues fell 12.2% year/year to $24.5 mln vs the $24.0 mln consensus. In addition, co authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 5 mln shares.


Redback Networks um 3 Cents besser als erwartet (RBAK) 0.27 +0.01: Reports Q3 (Sep) loss of $0.20 per share, $0.03 better than the Multex consensus of ($0.23); revenues fell 52.9% year/year to $17.4 mln vs the $16.5 mln consensus.


Yahoo! um 1 Cent besser als erwartet , issues 2002-03 outlook (YHOO) 9.98 +0.47: Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.05 per share, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus of $0.04; revenues rose 49.8% year/year to $248.8 mln vs the $239.3 mln consensus. Expects 2002 revs to be $930-$955 mln and 2003 to be $1.075-$1.175 bln, vs consensus of $926.3 mln and $1.021 bln


Genentech trifft die Schätzungen und meldet in-line (DNA) 31.88 -0.67: Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.23 per share, in line with the Multex consensus of $0.23; revenues rose 21.4% year/year to $675.1 mln vs the $648.6 mln consensus; Rituxan sales in the third quarter of 2002 increased 38% to $293.9 million


Yahoo! sees similar gains in Q4 Marketing Services revenue (YHOO) 9.98 +0.47: -- Update -- On call, says it expects Marketing Services revenue to show similar gains in Q4 to the 22% increase achieved in Q3... YHOO +0.31 at 10.29


American Eagle warns for Q3 and Q4 (AEOS) 10.29 -0.81: Says third quarter earnings per share "could be in the range of $0.31 to $0.34" --


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