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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst calls: EBAY, DELL, WFC, RBS, STM, DNA . . .]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/#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/analyst-initiations/" rel="tag">Analyst Initiations</a></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/10/fly-logo-(aol).gif" /></a>Analyst upgrades:</strong></p>
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    <li>Baird upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/fifth-third-bancorp/fitb/nas">Fifth Third Bancorp</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/fifth-third-bancorp/fitb/nas">FITB</a>), <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/suntrust-banks-inc/sti/nys">SunTrust</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/suntrust-banks-inc/sti/nys">STI</a>) and <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/wells-fargo-and-company/wfc/nys">Wells Fargo</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/wells-fargo-and-company/wfc/nys">WFC</a>) to Outperform from Neutral citing the ability to raise cheap capital following the Treasury's aggressive policy response. <br /></li>
    <li>Keefe Bruyette upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/first-security-group-inc/fsgi/nas">First Security Group</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/first-security-group-inc/fsgi/nas">FSGI</a>), <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/amcore-financial-inc/amfi/nas">Amcore Financial</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/amcore-financial-inc/amfi/nas">AMFI</a>) and <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/seacoast-banking-corporation-of-florida/sbcf/nas">Seacoast Banking</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/seacoast-banking-corporation-of-florida/sbcf/nas">SBCF</a>) to Outperform from Market Perform to reflect the benefits of the government's TARP program. <br /></li>
    <li>Suntrust believes <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/zions-bancorporation/zion/nas">Zions Bancorp</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/zions-bancorporation/zion/nas">ZION</a>) is disproportionately positioned to benefit from what should be a wave of industry fallout and consolidation over the next few years. Shares were upgraded to Buy from Neutral.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cadbury-plc/cby/nys">Cadbury</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cadbury-plc/cby/nys">CBY</a>) was raised to Hold from Sell at ING Group. <br /></li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lm-ericsson-telephone-company-american-depositary-shares/eric/nas">Ericsson</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lm-ericsson-telephone-company-american-depositary-shares/eric/nas">ERIC</a>) was raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman. <br /></li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/genentech-inc/dna/nys">Genentech</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/genentech-inc/dna/nys">DNA</a>) was upgraded at Piper Jaffray to Buy from Neutral.</li>
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<p><strong>Analyst downgrades:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Analyst calls: EBAY, DELL, WFC, RBS, STM, DNA . . .</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/">Analyst calls: EBAY, DELL, WFC, RBS, STM, DNA . . .</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1343005/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/15/analyst-calls-ebay-dell-wfc-rbs-stm-dna/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>AMFI</category><category>AMSG</category><category>CBY</category><category>CCRN</category><category>CGV</category><category>CHRW</category><category>DELL</category><category>DNA</category><category>EBAY</category><category>ERIC</category><category>FDX</category><category>FITB</category><category>FSGI</category><category>IDIX</category><category>MOV</category><category>PENN</category><category>RBS</category><category>STI</category><category>STM</category><category>WFC</category><category>ZION</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Buscemi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
