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Gamestop beats by 2 cents (GME) 20.24 +0.07: Reports Q3 (Oct) earnings of $0.16 per share, $0.02 better than the Multex consensus of $0.14; revenues rose 44.3% year/year to $286.7 mln vs the $273 mln consensus; reiterates Q4 EPS guidance of $0.62-$0.68 (consensus $0.65), with a comparable store sales increase of 8-12%.


Agilent tops estimates (A) 13.62 -0.18: Reports Q4 (Oct) net of breakeven, $0.12 better than the Multex consensus of ($0.12); revenues rose 8.1% year/year to $1.74 bln vs the $1.55 bln consensus; first quarter revenue is expected to be in the range of $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion -- Multex consensus estimate is for revs of $1.53 bln.



Medtronic reports in-line results (MDT) 46.55 -0.79: Reports Q2 (Oct) earnings of $0.34 per share, in line with the Multex consensus of $0.34; revenues rose 20.4% year/year to $1.89 bln vs the $1.82 bln consensus.



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Centex guides higher (CTX) 44.90 -0.79: Company guides higher for Y03 (Mar); sees fiscal 2003 earnings per share between $8.00 and $8.30, up from its earlier target of $7.80 to $8.20 -- Multex consensus estimate is for earnings of $8.06 per share.


TXU Corp announces "informal data request" from SEC (TXU) 15.56 +0.16: Announces it has received an informal data request from the Securities and Exchange Commission asking the company to voluntarily provide documents related to its recent dividend declaration.


Johnson & Johnson releases positive study data (JNJ) 59.08 -1.07: -- Update -- Reports that patients who participated in a CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Stent Bifurcation Feasibility Study demonstrated a greater than 60% improvement in restenosis (reblockage) rates compared to previously published rates in patients who received conventional treatment.


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