Analyst Upgrades

• BB&T (BBT) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Janney Montgomery.
• Amylin (AMLN) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Leerink.
• Wells Fargo upgraded Morton's Restaurant (MRT) to outperform from market perform.
• Check Point (CHKP) was upgraded to overweight from neutral at HSBC.
• Deutsche Bank upgraded Excel Maritime (EXM) to buy from hold.
• JinkoSolar (JKS) was upgraded to buy from hold at Auriga.
• Piper Jaffray upgraded Compellent (CML) to overweight from neutral.
• BofA/Merrill upgraded Crane (CR) to buy from neutral.
• Goldman upgraded Wisconsin Energy (WEC) to conviction buy from buy and American Electric (AEP) to buy from neutral.
• Motorola (MOT) was upgraded due to increasing carrier support by MKM Partners.
• Under Armour (UA) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Sterne Agee.

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• Wachovia upgraded Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation.

• RBC Capital raised Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY) to Sector Perform from Underperform citing upside potential from its real estate monetization strategy.

• Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Citigroup based on the proposed buyout offer.

• VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE) was upgraded to Hold from Sell at Soleil based on the acquisition of three 110mgy ethanol projects from ASAlliance.

• Gabelli upgraded Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) to Hold from Sell following the company's announcement that it will pursue a tax-free spin-off of its specialty products business...

• Keefe Bruyette upgraded Delphi Financial Group (NYSE: DFG) to Outperform from Market Perform.

• RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

• Pacific upgraded Secure Computing (NASDAQ: SCUR) to Outperform from Sector Perform.

• Lehman raised Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) to Equal Weight from Underweight.

• Stanford upgraded Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) to Buy from Hold.

Analyst upgrades 7-24-07: CMLS, DFG, PBY and RNOW originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Merrill Lynch reinstated Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ: BRCM) with a Buy rating and $42 target to reflect the company's secular growth story.

• Thomas Weisel started American Medical Systems Holdings (NASDAQ: AMMD) with an Overweight rating and $16 target; the firm says American Medical is a leader in surgical urology and gynecology and sees upside from the company's full pipeline.

• NaviSite inc (NASDAQ: NAVI) was initiated with a Market Weight rating at Thomas Weisel.

• Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp (NYSE: MRX) was initiated with a Buy rating and $45 target at Jefferies.

• Soleil initiated Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AMLN) with a Hold rating.

• DA Davidson started Allegheny Technologies Inc (NYSE: ATI) with a Buy rating.

Analyst initiations 2-09-07: Broadcom started with a Buy at Merrill Lynch originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.