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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: AA, BIIB, JCP, KBH, WW ...]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/29/analyst-upgrades-downgrades-and-initiations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/29/analyst-upgrades-downgrades-and-initiations/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/29/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/analyst-initiations/" rel="tag">Analyst Initiations</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/2009/06/flywall_final_logo_mini.gif" /></a><strong>Analyst Upgrades</strong><br /></p>
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    <li>Merriman upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/regal-entertainment-group/rgc/nys">Regal Entertainment</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/regal-entertainment-group/rgc/nys">RGC</a>) to Buy from Neutral as the analyst is less concerned about Q2 box office performance following the <em>Transformers 2</em> opening weekend. </li>
    <li>Baird upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/ball-corporation/bll/nys">Ball</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/ball-corporation/bll/nys">BLL</a>) to Outperform from Neutral and raised its target to $52 from $46 citing cost cutting initiatives, a volume trough in Q1, and expected earnings growth. </li>
    <li>Morgan Stanley upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/j-c-penney-company-inc/jcp/nys">JCPenney</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/j-c-penney-company-inc/jcp/nys">JCP</a>) to Overweight from Equal Weight. The firm cites valuation and gross margin opportunity for the upgrade. The firm has a $35 target on shares. </li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/kb-home/kbh/nys">KB Home</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/kb-home/kbh/nys">KBH</a>) was raised to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse. </li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cognizant-technology-solutions-corporation/ctsh/nas">Cognizant</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cognizant-technology-solutions-corporation/ctsh/nas">CTSH</a>) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Wachovia. </li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lloyds-banking-group-plc/lyg/nys">Lloyds Banking</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lloyds-banking-group-plc/lyg/nys">LYG</a>) was upgraded to Conviction Buy from Neutral at Goldman. </li>
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