7 Stocks you need to know for Monday

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 (BZH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Monday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of -1.83.

The Wall Street Journal reported that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) 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 (VOD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Verizon Communications (VZ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) - 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 (WHR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) when it reports earnings Monday before the bell.

Hartford Financial (HIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) plunged on Friday, as the company reported losses of more than $800 million for the fourth quarter.

Announcing quarterly earnings Monday morning, Hasbro (HAS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to report EPS of 75 cents.