TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday

Stocks ended the day mixed with the Nasdaq down and both the Dow and S&P 500 largely unchanged.

The Dow shed 0.33. The Nasdaq closed lower by 20.35. And the S&P 500 finished ahead by 0.07.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday

Investors cheered Haliburton (HAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and its decision to end talks about a proposed takeover of Expro International Group PLC, sending shares of Haliburton higher by nearly 6%.

General Motors (GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is looking to offer no-interest loans for up to six years in an effort to help move its 2008 inventory of cars and trucks.

Darden Restaurants (DRI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings tomorrow after the bell, with analysts expecting EPS of $0.75.

Google (GOOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced that its new Android mobile phone platform was on track to be available in the second half of 2008 as originally planned.

Traders sold shares of Circuit City (CC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) on an analyst's conclusion that Blockbuster (BBI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was unlikely to pay the agreed upon per share price to purchase the electronics retailer.

Agriculture giant Bunge Ltd. (BG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced on Monday that it would acquire Corn Products in a deal estimated between $4-5 billion.

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