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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: AKAM, PFE, NYX, SCHW, SNDK

Analyst upgrades:

Merriman upgraded shares of Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM) to Buy from Neutral as they believe consensus expectations are now realistic and already reflect macro headwinds. Merriman also thinks the company's cost reductions could generate upside to EPS estimates.
JP Morgan upgraded Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) to Overweight from Neutral on expectations the company's diabetes drug will gain U.S. approval.
Credit Suisse upgraded Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) to Outperform from Neutral and raised their target to $20 from $19 citing the merits of the Wyeth (WYE) deal and valuation.
Quality Systems (NASDAQ:QSII) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Parexel (NASDAQ:PRXL) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.
Ferro (NYSE:FOE) was upgraded at KeyBanc to Hold from Underweight.

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Norfolk Southern, OfficeMax and PetroQuest Energy were today's noteworthy upgrades:

JP Morgan upgraded Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) to Overweight from Neutral based on leverage to export coal and the tighter truckload market.
Credit Suisse upgraded OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX) to Outperform from Neutral citing the company's clean balance sheet, positive cash flow, and limited downside.
UBS upgraded PetroQuest Energy (NYSE:PQ) to Buy from Neutral citing valuation and production catalysts. The company's target was raised to $30 from $25.

OTHER UPGRADES:

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) was upgraded to Market Weight from Underweight at Thomas Weisel.
Corning(NYSE:GLW) was upgraded at Merrill to Buy from Neutral.
HSBC lifted BP Plc (NYSE:BP) to Overweight from Neutral.
Calgon Carbon (NYSE:CCC) was raised to Hold from Sell at Morgan Joseph.

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