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  • It was a bumpy final trading day to close out a volatile week on Wall Street. The Dow and S&P; 500 managed to close out with 0.3% gains for the day. The Nasdaq closed down 0.2%. The real event was a spike in the 10-year Treasury yield, which topped 2.5% for the first time since August 2011. The big treasuries sell-off began with Fed Chair Ben Bernanke's press conference two days ago. The equity and bond markets seem worried by the Fed's plan to start pulling back on its quantitative easing program. There were no major economic reports released today.

    Oracle (ORCL) weighed on the tech sector with shares falling 9% after its latest quarterly earning report. Excluding items it matched on earnings estimates at 87-cents a share. That was up from 69-cents a year ago, but revenue fell short at $10.9 billion when consensus was for more than $11.1 billion. The company is blaming weak sales in Asia and Latin America. Also of concern is the shift to cloud computing, and competition from companies

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  • Fast food is making a quick change. Suddenly some of the biggest chains are redoing their menus to appeal to health conscious customers. But are these menu makeovers wise business moves? Vote below in our Hot Stock Minute poll. But first listen to what Yahoo! Finance Editor-in-Chief Aaron Task has to say in the video above with Hot Stock Minute host Lauren Lyster.

  • Are we about to see The Hangover Part 3? Stocks have tanked the past two days on talk of the Fed pulling its punchbowl. But so far this morning, futures have been up more than 1/2%. There was so much red yesterday, it's tough not to think of the day as an utter bloodbath. The S&P; had its worst session since 2011, losing 2.5%. Both the Dow and NASDAQ also fell well over 2%. So, what should traders expect before they get a weekend breather from all the turmoil? We have special team coverage with Yahoo! Finance Senior Columnist Mike Santoli and our Editor-in-Chief Aaron Task in the video above.

    STOCKS TO WATCH

    First up is Darden (DRI) restaurants, which just has just reported earnings. The company made $1.01 a share missing estimates by 3-cents, though its revenues actually beat the forecast. Sales were up 11% for the quarter, helped by aggressive promotions and new menu items at Olive Garden and Red Lobster. Shares of Darden are up 13-% this year, now outperforming the larger markets.

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  • First up is Darden (DRI) restaurants, which just has just reported earnings. The company made $1.01 a share missing estimates by 3-cents, though its revenues actually beat the forecast. Sales were up 11% for the quarter, helped by aggressive promotions and new menu items at Olive Garden and Red Lobster. Shares of Darden are up 13-% this year, now outperforming the larger markets.

    Next up is Carmax (KMX), which will be reporting in just a little while. The stock dropped more than 6% in yesterday's massive selloff. Carmax is expected to post earnings of 58-cents a share up from 52-cents a year ago on a sharp rise in revenue. The company has been in high gear, having posted back-to-back quarters of double-digit growth in both sales and profit. Even with yesterday's losses shares of Carmax are up 60% over the last year.

    Now we look at Oracle (ORCL), which has been down more than 8% in early trading. Oracle released its quarterly report after yesterday's closing bell. Excluding items it

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