(AAP) - buy
Advance Auto Parts, fourth quarter comparable store sales increase 3.0%; reports record free cash flow of $280 million.

(PCLN) - buy
Priceline.com Inc, said its fourth-quarter profit rose to $33.3 million, or 73 cents a share, from $32.9 million, or 68 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $406 million from $334.9 million last year.

(HPQ) - short
Hewlett-Packard, cuts 2009 guidance, projects 2nd-quarter income below analysts. Co. cut said the recession is hurting nearly all its business lines.

(KGC) - short
Kinross Gold, said it fell to a steep loss in the fourth quarter as it took a $1 billion charge.

(PTP) - short
Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd posted a 37 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit. Co earned $64.1 million, or $1.18 a share for the period, compared with $102.2 million, or $1.60 a share, a year earlier.