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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ANF, BIDU, DE, FCX, HBC, SWY, USB ...]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/11/30/analyst-upgrades-downgrades-and-initiations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/11/30/analyst-upgrades-downgrades-and-initiations/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/11/30/analyst-upgrades-downgrades-and-initiations/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-reports/" rel="tag">Analyst Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-upgrades-and-downgrades/" rel="tag">Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/anf/" rel="tag">Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-initiations/" rel="tag">Analyst Initiations</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/de/" rel="tag">Deere and Co (DE)</a></p><p><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com"><img border="1" hspace="4" alt="" vspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/11/flywall_final_logo_mini.gif" /></a><strong>Analyst upgrades:</strong><br /></p>
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    <li>FBR upgraded Abercrombie &amp; Fitch (<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/abercrombie-and-fitch-co/anf/nys">ANF</a>) to reflect strong channel checks over the Black Friday weekend. The firm raised its target on shares to $46 from $39. </li>
    <li>Morgan Stanley upgraded Safeway (<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/safeway-inc/swy/nys">SWY</a>), citing improvements in pricing. </li>
    <li>Baird upgraded US Bancorp (<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/us-bancorp-del/usb/nys">USB</a>) based on valuation. The firm raised its target price to $29 from $25. </li>
    <li>HSBC Holdings (<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/hsbc-holdings-plc/hbc/nys">HBC</a>) was upgraded to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill. </li>
    <li>Genzyme (<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/genz/nas">GENZ</a>) was upgraded to buy from hold at Citigroup. </li>
    <li>Deere (<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/deere-and-company/de/nys">DE</a>) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo. </li>
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