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• Merriman initiated Bionovo Inc (NASDAQ: BNVI), with a Buy rating, as they believe shares are undervalued given the company's development pipeline and related intellectual property.
• Constant Contact Inc (NASDAQ: CTCT) was initiated with a Market Weight rating at Thomas Weisel. The company was also initiated with a Sector Outperformer and $30 target at CIBC, as they believe the company is well-positioned in the on-demand email marketing segment.
• Citigroup initiated Senorx Inc (NASDAQ: SENO) with a Hold rating and $12 target, citing competition concerns and their belief that infrastructure investments could delay profitability.
• BWS Financial said RemoteMDx Inc (OTC: RMDX) has been able to secure contracts that should result into larger follow-on orders as the TrackerPAL starts to have a history in real life scenarios. The firm started shares off with a Buy rating and $8.75 target.

• Bear resumed coverage of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (NYSE: ZNH) with an Underperform rating and China Eastern Airlines (NYSE: CEA) with a Peer Perform rating.
• Deutsche Bank initiated Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) and Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: HTCH) with Hold ratings and a $30 target and $26 target.

Analyst initiations: BNVI, CTCT, SENO and RMDX originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• CIBC upgraded shares of RF Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ: RFMD) to Sector Outperformer from Sector Performer as the firm expects the company to benefit from improving late CY07 trends.

• Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE: BMY) as the firm believes strong Q1 results suggest sustained earnings recovery may be ahead.

• AG Edwards believes Colgate's (NYSE: CL) cost cutting efforts have been paying off, creating a greater "position of strength" for the company, upgrading shares of to Buy from Hold.

• Cowen raised EarthLink Inc (NASDAQ: ELNK) to Neutral from Underperform, believing downside was limited given core business cash flow.
  

• Hutchinson Technology Inc (NASDAQ: HTCH) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at W.R. Hambrecht, believing their thesis has played out and that further risks to estimates are priced into shares at current levels...

• Ciena Corp (NASDAQ: CIEN) was upgraded to Overweight from Market Weight at Thomas Wiesel, citing accelerated strength growth specific opportunities and improving sector fundamentals.

• Banc of America raised shares of M&T Bank Corp (NYSE: MTB) to Neutral from Sell.

• Goldman upgraded shares of Continental Airlines, Inc (NYSE: CAL) to Buy from Sell.

• Longbow Research upgraded shares of Cummins Inc (NYSE: CMI) to Neutral from Sell.

• Wedbush upgraded shares of Deckers Outdoor Corp (NASDAQ: DECK) to Buy from Hold.

Analyst upgrades 4-30-07: BMY, CL, CAL and CIEN originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• JP Morgan downgraded L-1 Identity Solutions (NYSE: ID) to Underweight from Neutral based on valuation.

• THQ Inc (NASDAQ: THQI) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America, as the firm believes further upside to estimates is limited.

• JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) was cut to Neutral from Add at Calyon and to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns following reduced guidance and higher fuel costs.

• JP Morgan downgraded Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) to Neutral from Overweight citing challenging fundamentals after the restructuring announcement. Stephens cut Brinker International to Equal Weight from Overweight.

• Elsewhere, Citigroup cut Lexmark Int'l (NYSE: LXK) to Hold from Buy with a $58 target based on valuation...

• Hutichinson Technology Inc (NASDAQ: HTCH) was cut to Underweight from Overweight at JP Morgan.
  

• Punk, Ziegel & Co downgraded KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) to Sell from Market Perform.

• WR Hambrecht downgraded shares of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: SSTI) to Sell from Hold to reflect negative fundamentals in the NOR Flash memory market.

• CIBC downgraded Ipsco Inc (NYSE: IPS) to Sector Underperformer from Sector Performer on valuation.

Analyst downgrades 4-25-07: EAT, JBLU, LXK and THQI downgraded today originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.