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 15.44

-0.13 -0.83%
Volume: 423,659
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BT 24.02

-0.21 -0.87%
Volume: 110,762
Track BT

CBS 12.84

-0.47 -3.53%
Volume: 7,973,044
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CCL 32.09

+0.21 +0.66%
Volume: 3,080,069
Track CCL

CSX 48.62

-0.52 -1.06%
Volume: 4,286,931
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EBAY 22.79

-0.40 -1.72%
Volume: 16,750,117
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FLIR 29.57

-0.05 -0.17%
Volume: 1,028,344
Track FLIR

FMCN 13.10

-0.27 -2.02%
Volume: 1,072,428
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GE 15.59

-0.17 -1.08%
Volume: 63,909,707
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HNSN 2.70

+0.05 +1.89%
Volume: 526,954
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RCL 23.55

+0.30 +1.29%
Volume: 5,907,607
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WDC 37.05

-0.22 -0.59%
Volume: 3,196,367
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XRX 7.83

+0.05 +0.64%
Volume: 10,024,794
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YHOO 15.38

-0.23 -1.47%
Volume: 16,128,912
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