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• Deutsche Bank downgraded Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) shares to Sell from Hold after channel checks indicated that licensing costs are rising sharply for the mobile rights to popular content.
  
• Morgan Stanley cut American International (NYSE: AIG) to Equal Weight from Overweight citing expectations for larger than expected CDS losses vs. management's forecast.
  
• UBS downgraded Federated Investors (NYSE: FII) to Neutral from Buy citing reduced attractiveness for money markets given yield.

• Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) was downgraded to Market Weight from Overweight at Thomas Weisel and to Sell from Neutral at Merrill.
  
• Oppenheimer cut ORBComm (NASDAQ: ORBC) to Perform from Outperform.
• PNC Financial (NYSE: PNC) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette.

Analyst downgrades: GLUU, AIG and FII originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• JP Morgan upgraded Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) to Overweight from Neutral based on improved risk/return and conservative near-term estimates. UBS upgraded Lowe's to Buy from sell on valuation.

• Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE: CTB) was upgraded to Buy from Sell, as the firm thinks Copper is benefiting from surging demand for tires in Asia and considers the recent weakness a buying opportunity.

• UBS upgraded shares of Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) to Buy from Neutral, citing expected growth acceleration, productivity savings, and attractive valuation.

• Deutsche Bank is positive on the Thomson (TOC)-Reuters combination and expected synergies, upgrading Reuters Group (NASDAQ: RTRSY) to Buy from Hold.

• Netease.com (NASDAQ: NTES) was upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna based on valuation and checks that indicate better than expected performance of Westward Journey Online III...

• Georgia Gulf (NYSE: GGC) was raised to Neutral from Sell.

• US Airways (NYSE: LCC) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral.

• Banc of America upgraded Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) to Buy from Neutral.

• Think Equity upgraded Jazz Technologies (AMEX: JAZ) to Buy from Source of Funds.

Analyst upgrades: CPB, LCC, LOW, NTES and RTRSY originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Nollenberger believes Majesco Entertainment (NASDAQ: COOL) is an attractive turnaround story on track to start delivering accelerating revenue growth with expanding margins and started shares with a Buy rating and $3.00 target.

• Nollenberger started Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) with a Neutral rating, citing concerns about competitive pressures, summer seasonality, IPO lockup expiration and valuation.

• JP Morgan's believes Cache Inc's (NASDAQ: CACH) initiatives, including loyalty and credit card programs, show the potential for longer term growth, but the uncertainty in the women's apparel space makes the company cautious, and started shares off with a Neutral rating...

• Bear Stearns started Haynes International (NASDAQ: HAYN) with an Outperform rating and L-1 Identity Solutions (NYSE: ID) with a Peer Perform rating.

Analyst initiations 7-06-07: CACH, COOL and ID originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Friedman Billings views Marriott International's (NYSE: MAR) relatively low-risk, capital efficient fee income model as an attractive investment opportunity and started shares with an Outperform rating.

• Wedbush believes VeriFone Holdings (NYSE: PAY) is on the highest quality names in the space given the company's superior growth, high margins and consistent execution and started shares with a Strong Buy rating.

• Rodman believes Generex Biotech's (NASDAQ: GNBT) oral insulin, Oral-lyn could be a significant player in the non-injectable insulin market and initiated shares with an Outperform rating.

• Quality Systems (NASDAQ: QSII) was initiated with a Market Weight rating at Thomas Weisel.

• Morgan Keegan started Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) with a Market Perform rating citing the slowdown in the North American housing market.

• William Blair started Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) with an Outperform rating.

• Kaufman started Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) with a Buy rating.

• Fuel Tech Inc (NASDAQ: FTEK) was started with a Buy rating.

• Wedbush initiated shares of Hypercom Corp (NYSE: HYC) with a Hold rating.

• Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE: ADM) was initiated with an Accumulate rating at Buckingham.

Analyst initiations 6-12-07: ADM, GNBT, MAR and PAY originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.