UPGRADES
BMO Capital upgrades BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) from Underperform to Market Perform with a price target of $8.

JMP Securities boosts BioCryst Pharma (Nasdaq: BCRX) from Market Perform to Market Outperform with a price target of $3.

Citi raises Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) from Sell to Neutral.

Global Hunter Securities lifts Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) from Sell to Neutral.

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DOWNGRADES
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) lowered by two today:

• Cowen from Outperform to Market Perform, moving its price target from $38 to $33; and
  
  
• Raymond James from Outperform to Market Perform.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) also lowered by two today:

• Morgan Stanley from Equalweight to Underweight; and
  
  
• Credit Suisse from Neutral to Underperform.

JMP Securities cuts Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG) from Market Perform to Market Underperform with a price target of $275.

Janney cuts International Game Technology (NYSE IGT) from Buy to Neutral, with a new fair value estimate of $20. Click Here for more color.

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NEW COVERAGE
Goldman Sachs resumes Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) with a Neutral rating and a price target of $45. Click Here for more color.

Brean Capital initiates Astex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ASTX) with a Buy rating and a price target of $13. Click Here for more color.

Credit Suisse assumes Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) at Outperform with a price target of $184.

Clarkson Capital starts Targa Resources Partners, L.P. (NYSE: NGLS) with an Outperform and $65 price target.

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