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Analyst upgrades: Countrywide Financial, AstraZeneca, Massey Energy, International Coal

Posted Mar 19th 2008 11:23AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bank of America (BAC),

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Countrywide Financial, AstraZeneca, Massey Energy and International Coal were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Wachovia upgraded Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) to Market Perform from Underperform, as they do not expect any other bidders to emerge and for the acquisition by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to close.
HSBC upgraded AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) to Overweight from Neutral on valuation and their belief that an agreement with Ranbaxy on Nexium is possible.
Massey Energy (NYSE: MEE) and International Coal (NYSE: ICO) were upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan citing higher coal price forecasts.

OTHER UPGRADES:

UBS raised Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ: HLCS) to Neutral from Sell.
RBC Capital raised National City (NYSE: NCC) to Sector Perform from Underperform.
Merrill upgraded Magellan Midstream Holdings (NYSE: MGG) to Buy from Neutral.

Analyst initiations 7-05-07: CSUN, HLCS and ORCL

Posted Jul 5th 2007 10:45AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Oracle Corp (ORCL), Analyst Initiations

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Oracle Corp (ORCL), Helicos BioSciences (HLCS), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) and China Sunergy (CSUN) topped today's noteworthy initiations:

Benchmark started Oracle Corp (NASDAQ: ORCL) with a Hold rating.

JP Morgan initiated Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ: HLCS) with a Neutral rating based on the potential of its single-molecule genetic sequencing platform but noted that commercialization carries near-term risk.

Hambrecht believes Clean Energy Fuels' (NASDAQ: CLNE) total addressable market is over $20B given the company's focus on natural gas vehicle fuel for return-to-base applications and started shares with a Buy rating.

Jefferies wants to see China Sunergy (NASDAQ: CSUN) demonstrate that its silicon wafer suppliers can meet aggressive ramping plans before becoming more positive on the stock, starting shares off with a Hold rating...

OTHER INITIATIONS: