TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

Markets were higher on Friday. But come Monday will traders and investors sell the showdown in the Senate over the President’s stimulus package?

The Dow ended the day higher by 217.52. The Nasdaq Composite gained 45.47. And the S&P 500 added 22.75.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday.

Beazer Homes
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reports quarterly earnings Monday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of -1.83.

The Wall Street Journal reported that GlaxoSmithKline
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is in talks to buy Indian pharmaceutical company Piramal for $1.5 billion.

Beginning this Saturday and continuing through the end of March, Verizon Wireless – a joint venture between Vodafone
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and Verizon Communications
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– will launch a two-for-one sale of the wildly popular Blackberry smartphone.

Earnings per share of 78 cents is what analysts are expecting from Whirlpool
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when it reports earnings Monday before the bell.

Hartford Financial
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plunged on Friday, as the company reported losses of more than $800 million for the fourth quarter.

Announcing quarterly earnings Monday morning, Hasbro
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is expected to report EPS of 75 cents.

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