Analyst upgrades 12-6-06: General Electric, Prudential, and Barnes and Noble

MOST NOTEWORTHY: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was the only notable company on the upgrade list today

Goldman Sachs added General Electric (NYSE:GE) to their Conviction Buy List with a $42 target, suggesting a 19% upside from current levels; Goldman thinks the December 12th outlook meeting could be a positive catalyst for the stock.

OTHER UPGRADES:

Keefe Bruyette upgraded shares of Prudential (NYSE: PRU) to Outperform from Market Perform following the company's increased return-on-equity guidance.
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) was upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at Credit Suisse citing relative valuation and the likelihood of a leveraged buy out event.

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