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Analyst upgrades: NFP, BLKB and TWMC

MOST NOTEWORTHY: National Financial Partners, Blackbaud and Trans World were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Citigroup upgraded shares of National Financial Partners (NYSE:NFP) to Buy from Hold on valuation, as they believe the recent weakness is overdone. Citigroup also added the stock to their Top Picks Live list.
Jefferies upgraded shares of Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) to Hold from Underperform on valuation, as they believe management did the right thing by lowering guidance while buying back stock more aggressively.
B. Riley lifted Trans World (NASDAQ:TWMC) to Buy from Neutral as they believe the company could ultimately go private should credit conditions improve

OTHER UPGRADES:

Keefe Bruyette raised Anworth Mortgage (NYSE:ANH) to Outperform from Market Perform.
Unit Corp (NYSE:UNT) was upgraded at Raymond James to Outperform from Market Perform.
RBC Capital upgraded Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) to Sector Perform from Underperform.

MOST NOTEWORTHY: General Motors, Ford, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse were today's noteworthy downgrades:

Bear downgraded General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) to Underperform from Peer Perform and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) to Peer Perform from Outperform citing deterioration in the automotive consumer's ability to purchase vehicles.
ABN Amro downgrade Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) to Sell from Hold and Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) to Hold from Buy on concerns of slowing revenue growth amid the subprime crisis.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

FormFactor Inc (NASDAQ: FORM) was lowered to Neutral from Buy at Broadpoint.
National Financial Partners Corp (NYSE: NFP) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill.
Morgan Stanley lowered Expedia Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE) to Underweight from Equal Weight.