Must Watch Stocks for Today

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Sotheby's BID to report its Q4 earnings at $1.28 per share on revenue of $338.11 million. Sotheby's shares closed at $43.95 on Friday. NXP Semiconductors N.V. NXPI agreed to buy Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. FSL for $11.8 billion. Freescale Semiconductor shares gained 0.39% to close at $36.11 on Friday, while NXP Semiconductors shares climbed 7.78% to $91.50 in the pre-market trading. Analysts expect Nutrisystem, Inc. NTRI to post its Q4 earnings at $0.16 per share on revenue of $78.90 million. Nutrisystem shares fell 0.23% to close at $17.21 on Friday. Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. CORE is estimated to report its Q4 earnings at $0.65 per share on revenue of $2.65 billion. Core-Mark shares slipped 1.46% to close at $70.32 on Friday. Science Applications International Corp. SAIC announced its plans to acquire Scitor Corp. for $790 million in cash from private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners. SAIC shares fell 0.20% to close at $54.68 on Friday. Analysts are expecting Stratasys Ltd. SSYS to have earned $0.48 per share on revenue of $215.83 million in the fourth quarter. Stratasys shares climbed 0.99% to close at $62.06 yesterday. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) reported a net profit of $4.16 billion, or $2,529 per Class A share for the fourth quarter, versus $4.99 billion, or $2,297 per share, in the year-ago period. Its operating earnings came in at $2,412 per Class A share, compared to $2,297 per share. Berkshire shares fell 0.48% to close at $221,180.00 on Friday. Caesars Entertainment Corporation CZR is projected to post a Q4 loss at $1.65 per share on revenue of $2.22 billion. Caesars Entertainment shares dropped 1.76% to close at $10.60 on Friday. Analysts expect Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. SLXP to post a Q4 loss at $0.25 per share on revenue of $190.91 million. Salix Pharmaceuticals shares gained 0.16% to close at $157.20 on Friday.