MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• UBS upgraded shares of Antofagasta (OTC: ANFGY) to Neutral from Sell as they see a strong possibility of delays to copper supply due to an earthquake on Nov. 14 in northern Chile.
  
• Credit Suisse is positive on the appointment of John Thain as Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER)'s CEO and his ability to get the company back on track strategically. The firm upgraded shares of Merrill to Outperform from Neutral.
  
• Valueclick (NASDAQ: VCLK) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup on valuation, as they believe the recent sell-off provides a great entry point.
  
• Citigroup also raised its rating on Telmex (NYSE: TMX) to Buy from Hold after the company announced the spin-off of its international businesses.
  
• Bear Stearns upgraded Network Appliance (NASDAQ: NTAP) to Peer Perform from Underperform following its Q2 report and increased outlook.

• RBC Capital upgraded Sciele Pharma (NASDAQ: SCRX) to Sector Perform from Underperform.
  
• Lehman upgraded Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) to Overweight from Equal Weight.
  
• W.W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
  
• Merrill Lynch upgraded Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) to Buy from Neutral.

Analyst upgrades: ANFGY, MER, VCLK, TMX and NTAP originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.