Notable Analyst Rating Changes 03/12: ARO, NSM, CBEY, SCCO, TVL Upgraded; HBC, NRG, NFLX, SKIL, PSUN, SAAS Downgraded Mar 12, 2010 10:05AM

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Piper Jaffray upgrades Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) from Underweight to Neutral. Price target increased from $24 to $31. Click Here for more color.

Bernstein upgrades National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) from Underperform to Market Perform.

BofA/Merrill Lynch upgrades Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY) from Underperform to Neutral.

Deutsche Bank upgrades Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) to Buy. Price target increased from $35 to $38 ...


Deutsche Bank Upgrades HSBC Holdings (HBC) to Buy; Solid, Defensive bank Jan 15, 2010 07:13AM

Deutsche Bank upgrades HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) to Buy.

Deutsche analyst says, "HSBC's well capitalised and liquid balance sheet positions it relatively well in the current uncertain regulatory environment. Its improving earnings profile driven by lower US impairment charges has the ...


Notable Analyst Rating Changes 1/5: RSH, QCOM, BIIB, AXL, More Upgraded; CBY, V, BEXP, COG, CXO, More Downgraded Jan 5, 2010 10:56AM

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Goldman Sachs upgrades RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List. The firm raised their price target from $21 to $25. Click Here for more color.

JMP Securities upgrades QUALCOMM (NASDAQ: QCOM) from Market Perform to Market Outperform. The firm also set a $60 price target.

Bank of America upgrades Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) from Underperform to Neutral. Price target increased from $48 to $58.

Bank of America upgrades American Axle (NYSE: AXL) from Underperform to Neutral. Price target increased from $7 to $9.

Barclays Starts DB, HBC, BBVA at Overweight, IRE, UBS, AIB at Underweight Jan 5, 2010 09:13AM

Barclays Capital has initiated coverage on a litany of European and Latin/South American banks this morning.

Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/26: MSFT, SLB, AXP, NE Upgraded; FITB/STI/USB, PBI, HRB, HBC Downgraded Oct 26, 2009 10:51AM

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Canaccord Adams upgrades Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) from Hold to Buy and raised their price target from $24 to $34. Click Here for more color.

Capital One Southcoast upgrades Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) from Neutral to Add. Price target $76. Click Here for more color.

Stifel Nicolaus upgrades American ...




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