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Cigarette Company Finds Money in Art

Posted Mar 9th 2010 12:00PM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Sotheby's (BID)

The second largest cigarette maker in the world is making some waves in the art market. British American Tobacco (BTI) sold several paintings last night at a Sotheby's (BID) auction in the Netherlands, picking up $18.5 million last night. This contributed to a record night for the auction firm's Netherlands office.

Previously known as the Peter Stuyvesant Collection, the BATartventure Collection includes more than 1,400 pieces and doubled the upper end of its presale estimate, yet another sign that strength is returning to the art market this year – after a year and a half of agony.

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Analyst upgrades: FISV, ARB and APC

Posted May 16th 2008 11:33AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Wal-Mart (WMT), Kroger Co (KR), Anadarko Petroleum (APC)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Fiserv, Arbitron and Anadarko Petroleum were today's noteworthy upgrades:

JMP Securities upgraded Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) to Outperform from Market Perform citing a reversal of the Bank of America in-house risk, potential re-branding initiatives, and relative pricing stability.
Bear upgraded Arbitron (NYSE: ARB) to Outperform from Peer Perform citing PPM earnings growth potential, strong industry position, defensive nature of shares, and it views the company as an acquisition target.
Lehman raised Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) to Overweight from Equal Weight citing relative valuation and strong U.S. gas exposure.

OTHER UPGRADES:

Goldman added Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) to its Conviction Buy List.
Morgan Stanley lifted Kroger (NYSE: KR) and British American Tobacco (ASE: BTI) to Overweight from Equal Weight.

Analyst downgrades: BTI, DVW, PCBC, VLCM and AMMD

Posted Oct 30th 2007 11:00AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Las Vegas Sands (LVS)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: British American Tobacco, Covad Communications, Pacific Capital, Volcom and American Medical Systems were today's noteworthy downgrades:

Goldman downgraded shares of British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) to Neutral from Buy on valuation.
Covad Communications (NYSE: DVW) was lowered to Hold from Buy at Jefferies. The firm downgraded shares after Platinum Equity Holdings agreed to acquire the company.
Keefe Bruyette downgraded Pacific Capital Bancorp (NASDAQ: PCBC) to Market Perform from Outperform following its Q3 credit loss pre-announcement.
ThinkEquity reduced Volcom (NASDAQ: VLCM) to Accumulate from Buy following its reduced guidance.
American Medical Systems (NASDAQ: AMMD) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James and at Piper Jaffray. Piper downgraded shares following the lower-than-expected Q3 results. Shares were also downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel following the weak Q3 report.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

Citigroup downgraded Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL) to Hold from Buy.
Hutchison Telecommunications (NYSE: HTX) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital.