(SYNA) - buy
Synaptics fiscal second-quarter profit jumps 49 percent as revenue surges 43 percent. Company posted profit of $21.2 million, or 60 cents per share, compared with $14.2 million, or 33 cents per share.

(CBST) - buy
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. Total net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 increased 53% to $131.2 million from $85.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.

(TSCO) - buy
Tractor Supply 2008, 2009 EPS view above Street.

(WFR) - short
MEMC Electronic quarterly profit shrinks to 33 cents a share. Co reported its fourth-quarter net income fell to $73.2 million, or 33 cents a share, from $376.4 million, or $1.62 a share, in the same quarter last year.

(COF) - short
Capital One swings to $1.45 billion loss in 4th quarter as bad debt surges.