Notable Analyst Rating Changes 03/12: (OREX) (CCL) (LOW) Upgraded; (ORCL) (LUV) (HEK) Downgraded

UPGRADES
BofA/Merrill Lynch lifts Orexigen Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OREX) from Neutral to Buy, doubling its price target from $3.50 to $7.

Exane BNP Paribas raises Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) from Underperform to Outperform.

Nomura Securities upgrades Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) from Neutral to Buy. Click Here for more color.

JMP Securities bumps up American Capital Agency (Nasdaq: AGNC) from Market Perform to Market Outperform with a price target of $31.

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DOWNGRADES
Jefferies downgrades Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) from Buy to Hold, its price target moves from $35 to $32. Click Here for more color.

BofA/Merrill Lynch trims Southwest (NYSE: LUV) from Buy to Neutral citing surging oil prices.

Wedbush lowers Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) from Neutral to Underperform, price target lowered from $5 to $4. Click Here for more color.

Anthera Pharma (Nasdaq: ANTH) lowered by two today:

• Cowen from Outperform to Neutral; and
  
  
• Citi from Buy to Neutral.

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NEW COVERAGE
Atlantic Equities initiates FedEx (NYSE: FDX) with a Neutral

Nomura Securities assumes Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) at Buy and $137 target.

Williams Financial Group starts D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) with a Buy and target of $17.50.

Avian Securities begins NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) with a Positive and price target of $20.

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