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• Lehman downgraded AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) to Equal Weight from Overweight citing dilution from the recent $350M convertible offering, cost pressures, and a more cautious outlook near-term for pulp markets.
  
• JP Morgan cut GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) to Underweight from Neutral on long-term earnings growth concerns.
  
• Keefe Bruyette lowered Capital One (NYSE: COF) to Underperform from Market Perform to reflect the company's credit outlook.

• Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS and to Underweight from Overweight at JP Morgan.
  
• Textron (NYSE: TXT) was cut at Credit Suisse to Neutral from Outperform.
  
• Merriman downgraded Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) to Neutral from Buy.

Analyst downgrades: ABH, GSK, AZN and COF originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Societe Generale expects the Banco Santander's (NYSE: STD) strong organic growth in earnings to continue with the purchase of ABN Amro's (NYSE: ABN) assets in Brazil and Italy, starting shares off with a Buy rating. Shares were started at Merrill Lynch with a Neutral rating.
  
• William Blair initiated Solera Holdings (NYSE: SLH) with an Outperform rating, as they believe underlying trends for auto insurance claims are favorable.
  
• FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) was initiated at Deutsche Bank, as they believe the company is positioned to sustain double-digit growth, and with a Buy rating and $65 target and at Goldman with a Neutral rating and $62 target.
  
• Pacific Crest initiated Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) with a Sector Perform rating on valuation and estimates fair value at $50/share.

• BNP Paribas started shares of China Netcom (NYSE: CN) and China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) with Buy ratings and China Mobile Limited (NYSE: CHL) with a Hold rating.
  
• Cosan Limited (NYSE: CZZ) was initiated with a Neutral rating at Goldman.
  
• Methanex Corporation (NASDAQ: MEOH) was started at HSBC with an Overweight rating.

Analyst initiations: STD, SLH, FCN and BCSI originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The development of e-commerce has provided the business community with new and exciting ways to reach the consumer, but there are associated dangers. There is an outfit in Sunnyvale, California that secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise.

Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) helps organizations make the Web safe and productive for business. Blue Coat proxy appliances provide control of Web communications to protect against risks and inefficiencies from spyware, Web viruses, inappropriate Web surfing, instant messaging, video streaming and peer-to-peer file sharing. Blue Coat has installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Customers include the National Institutes of Health, Merck (NYSE: MRK) and the US Air Force. Cisco Systems is a (NASDAQ: CSCO) is a major competitor.

Continue reading Blue Coat Systems (BCSI): Guarding your e-business

Blue Coat Systems (BCSI): Guarding your e-business originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Access to the internet extends the reach of business into new and exciting channels, but with the privilege come dangers. There is an outfit in Sunnyvale, California that secures web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise.

Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BCSI) helps organizations make Web use safe and productive. Blue Coat proxy appliances provide control of Web communications to protect against risks and inefficiencies from spyware, web viruses, inappropriate web surfing, instant messaging, video streaming and peer-to-peer file sharing. Blue Coat has installed more than 30,000 appliances worldwide and is ranked number one by IDC in the Secure Content and Application Delivery market. Customers include the National Institutes of Health, Merck & Co., Inc.(NYSE:MRK) and the US Air Force.

Continue reading Blue Coat Systems polices your e-business

Blue Coat Systems polices your e-business originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.