U.S. equity futures traded little changed in early pre-market trade following mixed global economic data. Mixed data out of Japan was followed by a flood of data out of Europe which continued to point to room for the European Central Bank to ease policy further

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) is estimated to report its Q1 earnings at $0.52 per share on revenue of $21.41 billion.

Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL) is

Top Headline Loews (NYSE: L) reported a 34% drop in its first-quarter earnings.

Loews' quarterly profit declined to $242 million, or

Key Earnings In the coming week, key earnings from Facebook (NASDAQ:

Family Dollar Stores Inc (NYSE: FDO) dipped 4.68%

Today’s tickers: EBAY, TXN & THC

EBAY - eBay, Inc. – Shares in the operator of online marketplaces kicked off the trading week in rally mode, rising more than 4.5% to $56.75 on Monday morning after the company’s 2015 forecasts at an investor day conference last week spurred a number of analyst upgrades and price target increases. The stock has gained more than 10% during the past two weeks. Short-dated bullish bets initiated on EBAY ahead of the long weekend are paying off for some options traders today. Open interest in the April 05 ’13 $55 strike weekly calls rose by more than 3,000 contracts on Thursday, with much of the volume purchased at an average premium of $0.045 apiece. Today the $55 strike calls are deep in-the-money and changing hands at roughly $1.60 each as of midday in New York. Traders who paid an average premium of $0.45 per contract last Thursday roughly tripled their money over the weekend. Meanwhile, trading traffic in weekly contracts this morning suggests options players are positioning for shares in the provider of online payment services to extend gains in the near term. Bullish traders snapped up more than 1,000 in-the-money calls at the April 05 ’13 $55 strike for an average premium of $1.70 each this morning, and picked up more than 1,000 calls at the higher April 05 ’13 $57.5 strike at an average premium of $0.36 apiece. Traders long the $57.5 strike call options may profit at expiration in the event that shares in eBay rally another 2.0% to top a new 52-week high and breakeven price of $57.86.

TXN - Texas Instruments, Inc. – A burst of put buying on semiconductor maker, Texas Instruments, on Monday morning suggests one or more traders are preparing for the price of the underlying to pullback in the near term. Shares in TXN are down 0.90% today at $35.16 as of 12:00 p.m. ET. The most actively traded contracts on Texas Instruments today are the April $35 strike puts, with volume in…

Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) is estimated to post earnings of $1.17 per share in the June quarter. Universal Health Services' trailing-twelve-month revenue is $6.96 billion.

Community Health Systems (NYSE:

"We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Newman to our board

Deutsche Bank noted, “We continue to believe an upside risk to THC's valuation is its Conifer segment, which is growing at a faster

Deutsche Bank noted, "We continue to believe THC has solid visibility into its 2013 EBITDA growth. Management is guiding to +14% yoy EBITDA growth at the mid-point of

BMO Capital Markets noted, “Producing EBITDA growth and modest volume increases, Tenet continues to execute well enough to please

A. M. Castle & Co (NYSE: CAS) is expected to post a Q4 loss at $0.09 per share on revenue of $284.60 million.

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AUXL)

Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD),

In broad terms, the U.S. high-yield debt market is up about two percent year-to-date. Record low yields are not keeping investors away. On Thursday, yields on

Oppenheimer upgraded Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) from “perform” to “outperform.”

The terminations were effective midnight on Dec. 21, 2012. The facilities are: Desert Regional Medical Center, Fountain Valley Hospital and Medical Center, John

The trailing-twelve-month revenue at HCA Holdings (NYSE: HCA) is $35.67 billion. HCA Holdings' operating margin for the same period is 13.75%.

The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) is $14.67 billion. Community Health

JP Morgan noted, "While THC stock has performed well of late, we continue to see potential for upside given a combination of strong relative upside from reform in addition