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TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

Here are 7 stocks for traders for Monday from TradingMarkets.com:

• General Motors ( GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Chrysler LLC will get more than $13 billion in loans from the Federal government to help the struggling automakers survive into the spring of 2009. An additional $4 billion will be made available to General Motors in February.
  
  
  


• Still drawing interest after its better than expected earnings announcement Thursday after the close, Darden Restaurants ( DRI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was among the better performing stocks on Friday.
  
  
  


• Electronic Arts ( ERTS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced that it would eliminate up to 1,000 jobs and close some facilities due to slowing sales.
  
  
  


• Among a number of financial institutions to have their outlooks downgraded by Standard and Poor's on Friday were Goldman Sachs ( GS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Morgan Stanley ( MS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
  
  
  


• A positive forecast from Research in Motion ( RIMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Thursday after the market closed helped buoy the stock on Friday.
  
  
  


• Walgreen's ( WAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Monday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 46 cents.
  
  

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