Emergency Medical Services will be acquired by private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $64 a share, or $3.2 billion plus debt. The stock fell $7.33, or 10.4%, to $63.33 in premarket trading Monday.EchoStar agreed to buy Hughes Communications, a provider of broadband satellite networks, for about $2 billion, plus debt. Shares of Hughes fell in premarket trading Monday to $59.05, off 4.4%. EchoStar closed at $29.88 on Friday; there were no premarket trades for the stock.
General Electric agreed to buy the well support division of the U.K.'s John Wood Group for about $2.8 billion. GE shares rose 7 cents to $21.40 in premarket trading Monday.
Shares of Nokia fell 4.7% to $8.97 in premarket trading Monday after getting downgraded to underweight from overweight at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.
MGM Resorts is expected by analysts Monday to report a loss of 22 cents a share in the fourth quarter. The stock rose 21 cents to $15.75 in premarket trading Monday.
