Bank of America (BAC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings Monday before the markets open. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.53.

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Republic Services (RSG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced that it was not interested in the unsolicited bid from Waste Management Inc. (WMI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and would instead to continue to pursue Allied Waste Industries (AW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).

Reporting earnings before the bell on Monday, Merck (MRK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to announced per share earnings of $0.83.

A smaller than expected loss in its earnings report on Friday helped boost shares of Citigroup (C | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) by more than 9% late in trading on Friday.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced that it was buying Barr Pharmaceuticals for $7.46 billion.

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