Stocks to Watch: VVUS, TOL, HOG & More

Take a look at some of Tuesday’s morning movers:

Vivus - The Food and Drug Administration will take three more months to make an approval decision for the company’s obesity drug Qnexa. That delay may also weigh on shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals and Orexigen , which have competing obesity treatments in the pipeline.

Toll Brothers, PulteGroup - Goldman Sachs is recommending clients buy shares of the two high-end homebuilders, after an internal survey showed wealthier consumers more confident about the economy and home prices versus six months ago.

Harley-Davidson - Citi has upgraded the motorcycle maker's stock to "buy" from "neutral," saying its dealer checks show solid sales momentum.

Supervalu - The grocery store operator earned 38 cents a share for its fourth quarter, excuding certain items, three cents above estimates. It also projects fiscal 2013 EPS of $1.27 - $1.42 per share, above estimates of $1.19.

Corning, Becton Dickinson - Corning is buying a majority stake in Becton's Discovery Labware unit for $730 million in cash. The unit specializes in drug discovery technology.

X-Rite - The maker of color-measurement systems is being bought by Danaher for $5.55 a share, 39 percent above Monday's closing price for X-Rite.

YPF - Reports out of Spain say China's CNOOC may seek to buy YPF, Argentina's biggest energy producer, for $30 a share.

Google - UBS has increased its price target for Google to $825 from $800, saying it's seeing momentum in Google's product listing ads.

Valero Energy - The stock has been added to "Top Picks Live" at Citi, which sees Valero benefiting from discounted crude prices at Gulf Coast refineries.

TE Connectivity - The former Tyco Electronics is selling its touch solutions business to private-equity firm Gores Group for $380 million.

Yahoo - The company will hold an all-hands staff meeting today, following the layoff of 2,000 employees last week.

Transocean - CEO Steven Newman’s 2011 compensation was up 57 percent in 2011 to $9.9 million, despite a 45 percent drop in Transocean’s stock.

Sony - The company says it will likely report a record $6.4 billion loss for the just-ended fiscal year, which is double earlier forecasts. That news comes a day after reports that it planned to cut 10,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its global workforce.

Verizon Communications, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel - Leading wireless carriers plan to create a mobile phone database to help prevent theft and reactivation of lost or stolen devices.

Chesapeake Energy - The natural gas company has agreed to sell 58,400 acres of Oklahoma assets to Exxon Mobil for $590 million.

Affymax - The drug maker has received a $50 million payment from partner Takeda Pharmaceutical, following FDA approval of the anemia drug Omontys.

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