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StreetInsider.com Trading Radar: Before Market Opens: Economics: 8:30 AM ET

• PPI for July - Street expects 0.6%, compared to 1.8% in June
• Core PPI for July - Street expects 0.2%, compared to 0.2% in June
• Building Permits for July - Street expects 959K, compared to 1.091M in June
• Housing Starts for July - Street expects 960K, compared to 1.066M in June

Earnings: Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) - consensus EPS $0.69, revs $3.67B Saks (NYSE: SKS) - consensus loss of $0.19, revs $679.23M Target (NYSE: TGT) - consensus EPS $0.76, revs $15.46B Intraday or Not Speci

StreetInsider.com Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day:

• National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC) confirmed recent reports its Board of Directors is reviewing a range of strategic alternatives for the company.
  
  Goldman Sachs has been retained as National City's advisor for this review. National City said that there can be no assurance that this review will result in the company undertaking any particular transaction.
  
  The company does not expect to make further statements or announcements regarding the review until such time as the Board has approved a specific course of action.