SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the shares expected to see active trade in Monday's session are those of major managed care companies such as WellPoint Inc. and Humana Inc., as well as Electronic Arts, Fluor, McDermott, and MBIA.
Wellpoint Inc. , Humana Inc., Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp. and other healthcare companies could react to the House of Representatives' passage late Saturday of broad healthcare legislation. The bill would establish a government-run health insurance option to compete with private insurers. See full story.
Kraft Foods Inc. shares may move as the company hits a deadline to formalize its offer for U.K. chocolate-maker Cadbury PLC, or walk away for six months. See full story.
Electronic Arts is expected to post second-quarter earnings of 8 cents a share.
Fluor Corp. is projected to report third-quarter earnings of 90 cents a share.
McDermott International is expected to report earnings of 40 cents a share in the third quarter.
MBIA Inc. is forecast to report a third-quarter loss of 70 cents a share.
Rockwell Automation is projected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 28 cents a share.
Analysts estimate Sempra Energy to post third-quarter earnings of $1.19 a share.
Tesoro is projected to break even in the third quarter.
DISH Network Corp. is expected to post earnings of 45 cents a share in the third quarter.
Ticketmaster Entertainment is likely to post earnings of 17 cents a share in the third quarter.
Lions Gate Entertainment is seen to post earnings of 7 cents a share in the second quarter.
Live Nation is forecast to post earnings of 88 cents a share in the third quarter.
Priceline.Com is likely to post third-quarter earnings of $2.90 a share.
After Friday's closing bell, Berkshire Hathaway reported its third-quarter net income more than doubled as the insurance-focused conglomerate run by Warren Buffett benefited from a rebound in the value of its large equity investments and derivatives exposures. Third-quarter net income came in at $3.24 billion, or $2,087 per Class A equivalent share, versus $1.06 billion, or $682 per Class A equivalent share, a year earlier. Read details on Berkshire's earnings
Also late Friday, East West Bancorp Inc. said it was taking over 63 branches and $6.5 billion in deposits of UCBH Holdings Inc.'s United Commercial Bank of San Francisco after federal banking regulators shut down United Commercial. See full story.
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Freddie Mac reported its third-quarter net loss attributable to Freddie Mac narrowed to $5.01 billion from a loss of $25.3 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. After payment of $1.3 billion dividend on its senior preferred stock to the Treasury Department, Freddie Mac's net loss attributable to common stockholders was $6.3 billion, or $1.94 a share. Revenue totaled $3.38 billion. "... We believe that factors like high unemployment, excess inventory and rising foreclosures will continue to impede a full recovery for some time and put further downward pressure on house prices. We expect to request additional funds from Treasury as this prolonged deterioration of market conditions continues to negatively impact our financial results," Chief Executive Charles Haldeman said in a statement.
Sun Microsystems Inc. said its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed to $120 million, or 16 cents a share, from $1.68 billion, or $2.24 a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $2.24 billion from $2.99 billion last year. In April, Oracle agreed to buy Sun for $9.50 a share, and in August the Justice Department approved the transaction. See full story on Sun Microsystems' earnings
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