MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• 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

• 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.

Analyst upgrades: NFP, BLKB and TWMC originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 08 May 2008 11:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• 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.

• 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.

Analyst downgrades: GM, F, DB and CS originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.