7 Stocks you need to know for Monday

Carl Icahn reportedly boosted his stake in Yahoo! (YHOO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) by 6.8 million shares. Icahn is now the fourth largest shareholder in the Internet company.

Politicians are looking to revisit the Citigroup (C | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) bailout, suggesting that greater accountability should be required in return for the assistance given.

Ford Motor Company (F | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is resisting calls for CEO Alan Mullaly to take a cut in pay at the same time Ford joins other automakers in requesting emergency Federal loans.

As part of a sizable restructuring effort, General Motors (GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is considering shutting down well-known brands including Saturn and Saab.

Among the earnings traders and investors will be looking for next week are those from Beazer Homes USA (BZH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Toll Brothers (TOL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). Shares of both homebuilders have moved dramatically higher in recent days.

Among the retailers analysts are expecting to weather any down turn in holiday spending is Macy's (M | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which has the advantage of larger size over its competitors.

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