Notable Analyst Rating Changes 9/15: EBAY, YHOO, CBS, XRX, BT Upgraded; GE, CSX, FLIR, FMCN, HNSN Downgraded

September 15, 2009 10:41 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) upgraded at UBS and Piper Jaffray.

Bernstein lifted its investment rating on Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) shares from Market Perform to Outperform.

Wells Fargo upgrades CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) from Market Perform to Outperform. Click here to see some more color on the upgrade.

Barclays upgrades Xerox (NYSE: XRX) from Equalweight to Overweight. Price target increased from $8 to $12.

Credit Suisse upgrades BT Group (NYSE: BT) from Neutral to Outperform.

For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades

DOWNGRADES:
Hilliard Lyons lowered its rating on General Electric (NYSE: GE) from Buy to Long-Term Buy, citing recent share appreciation. The firm said GE Finance appears to have stabilized, but a recovery could be slow at best.

Stifel Nicolaus downgrades CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) from Buy to Hold. The firm dropped its $48 price target.

J.P. Morgan downgrades FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) from Overweight to Neutral. Price target $27.50.

Deutsche Bank downgrades Focus Media (Nasdaq: FMCN) to Hold. Click here to see the full report.

ARGUS downgrades Hansen Medical (Nasdaq: HNSN) from Hold to Sell.

For daily real-time Downgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades

NEW COVERAGE:
Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO) started at: Deutsche with a Buy, Morgan Stanley at Overweight, Citi at Hold, Credit Suisse at Outperform, FTN Equity at Buy and Barclays at Overweight.

BofA starts coverage on Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) and Carnival (NYSE: CCL) at Buy.

UBS initiates coverage on Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) with a Buy rating.

For daily real-time New Coverage go to http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage


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AVGO 15.26

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 522,719
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BT 24.60

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,553,789
Track BT

CBS 13.13

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 10,043,207
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CCL 32.11

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,744,364
Track CCL

CSX 48.00

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 4,056,416
Track CSX

EBAY 23.59

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 11,004,752
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FLIR 29.27

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,535,699
Track FLIR

FMCN 12.82

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,941,997
Track FMCN

GE 16.12

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 80,705,378
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HNSN 2.65

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 189,620
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RCL 23.85

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,342,201
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WDC 37.75

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 2,975,354
Track WDC

XRX 7.92

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 7,891,503
Track XRX

YHOO 15.24

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 19,773,958
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