Stocks to watch Thursday: Green Mountain, Merck By: MarketWatch February 02, 2012 at 06:55 AM EST A handful of earnings surprises are likely to keep investors busy early Thursday. Read More >> Related Stocks: Allstate Corp AvalonBay Communities Blackstone Inc Cameron International Cardinal Health Cummins Diamond Offshore Drilling Dow Chemical Dynex Capital Gilead Sciences International Paper Kellogg Co Lear Corp M/I Homes Macy's MasterCard Merck & Co Natl Oilwell Varco New York Times Company Patterson-Uti Energy PulteGroup Qualcomm, Inc. Ryder System Snap-On Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd Verastem Inc Via Renewables Inc Cl A Viacom