7 Stocks you need to know for today

Oracle (ORCL | charts | news | PowerRating) matched earnings on Monday afternoon with $0.22 EPS.

Applied Signal (APSG | charts | news | PowerRating) missed earnings by a long-shot, announcing $0.05 EPS vs an expected $0.21 EPS.

Perot Systems (PER | charts | news | PowerRating) announced plans to buy QSS Group for $250 million; the deal should add $0.05 EPS in 2007.

Circuit City (CC | charts | news | PowerRating) reports earnings on Tuesday before the open; look for $0.05 EPS.

Morgan Stanley (MS | charts | news | PowerRating) announces quarterly earnings on Tuesday morning, with analysts expecting $1.77 EPS.

Scholastic (SCHL | charts | news | PowerRating) is expected to report $1.71 EPS on Tuesday morning before the open.

When FactSet (FDS | charts | news | PowerRating) reports earnings on Tuesday morning, look for $0.46 EPS.