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 15.50

+0.24 +1.57%
Volume: 135,298
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BT 24.69

+0.09 +0.37%
Volume: 44,539
Track BT

CBS 13.55

+0.42 +3.20%
Volume: 12,077,281
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CCL 33.03

+0.92 +2.87%
Volume: 3,258,831
Track CCL

CSX 48.20

+0.20 +0.42%
Volume: 1,894,902
Track CSX

EBAY 23.61

+0.02 +0.08%
Volume: 6,751,411
Track EBAY

FLIR 29.32

+0.05 +0.17%
Volume: 1,484,017
Track FLIR

FMCN 12.95

+0.13 +1.01%
Volume: 1,201,128
Track FMCN

GE 16.18

+0.06 +0.37%
Volume: 48,170,990
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HNSN 2.63

-0.02 -0.75%
Volume: 249,445
Track HNSN

RCL 24.89

+1.04 +4.36%
Volume: 3,509,617
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WDC 38.46

+0.71 +1.88%
Volume: 1,970,032
Track WDC

XRX 7.91

-0.01 -0.13%
Volume: 9,621,823
Track XRX

YHOO 15.30

+0.06 +0.39%
Volume: 21,370,526
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