Notable Analyst Rating Changes 09/08: (CSCO) (SWY) (STO) Upgraded; (KWK) (AEP) (HSP) Downgraded
UPGRADES
Auriga upgrades Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) to Buy with a price target moved from $16 to $20. Click Here for more color.
Morgan Stanley ups SAFEWAY (NYSE: SWY) from Underweight to Equalweight.
UBS lifts Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) from Neutral to Buy.
JPMorgan upgrades NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) from Neutral to Overweight, price target, its price target from $21 to $22.
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DOWNGRADES
UBS downgrades Quicksilver Resources (NYSE: KWK) from Buy to Neutral, price target lowered from $13 to $11. Click Here for more color.
BofA/Merrill Lynch lowers American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) from Buy to Neutral.
Raymond James reduces Hospira (NYSE: HSP) from Strong Buy to Outperform.
Morgan Keegan cuts Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO) from Outperform to Market Perform, price target lowered from $40 to $32.
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NEW COVERAGE
Nomura Securities initiates Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) with a Buy, and $32 price target.
Lazard Capital begins AVI BioPharma (Nasdaq: AVII) with a Buy, and $5 price target.
Merriman Curhan Ford begins STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC) with a Buy.
Bernstein starts Dendreon (Nasdaq: DNDN) with an Underperform, and $8 price target.
Nomura Securities commences Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) with a Buy, and $34 price target.
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Auriga upgrades Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) to Buy with a price target moved from $16 to $20. Click Here for more color.
Morgan Stanley ups SAFEWAY (NYSE: SWY) from Underweight to Equalweight.
UBS lifts Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) from Neutral to Buy.
JPMorgan upgrades NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) from Neutral to Overweight, price target, its price target from $21 to $22.
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DOWNGRADES
UBS downgrades Quicksilver Resources (NYSE: KWK) from Buy to Neutral, price target lowered from $13 to $11. Click Here for more color.
BofA/Merrill Lynch lowers American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) from Buy to Neutral.
Raymond James reduces Hospira (NYSE: HSP) from Strong Buy to Outperform.
Morgan Keegan cuts Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO) from Outperform to Market Perform, price target lowered from $40 to $32.
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NEW COVERAGE
Nomura Securities initiates Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) with a Buy, and $32 price target.
Lazard Capital begins AVI BioPharma (Nasdaq: AVII) with a Buy, and $5 price target.
Merriman Curhan Ford begins STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC) with a Buy.
Bernstein starts Dendreon (Nasdaq: DNDN) with an Underperform, and $8 price target.
Nomura Securities commences Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) with a Buy, and $34 price target.
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