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Analyst upgrades: JDSU, M, MA and TAP

Posted Aug 15th 2007 11:20AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Good news, MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Stocks to Buy

MOST NOTEWORTHY: JDSU (JDSU), MasterCard (MA), GlobalSanta Fe (GSF), Molson Coors (TAP) and TRW Inc (TRW) were today's notable upgrades:

BMO Capital upgraded JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) to Market Perform from Underperform based on valuation and good industry fundamentals.

AG Edwards considers MasterCard (NYSE: MA) a defensive payments play, upgraded shares to Buy from Hold, and would use weakness to build positions in the stock.

GlobalSanta Fe (NYSE: GSF) was upgraded at Bernstein to Market Perform from Underperform based on the merger with Transocean (RIG).

Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman based on valuation and potential increased free cash flow in 2008.

TRW Inc (NYSE: TRW) was upgraded to Buy from Sell at Goldman...

OTHER UPGRADES:

Thomas Weisel raised Network Appliance (NASDAQ: NTAP) to Overweight from Market Weight.

Suntrust upgraded Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE: GDP) to Neutral from Reduce.

Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Piper Jaffray.

Keybanc raised Macy's (NYSE: M) rating to Buy from Hold.

Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

Consumers beware! E-tailers are trying to trick you into going in a mall!

Posted Jun 19th 2007 10:45AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Industry, Consumer Experience, Rants and Raves, Competitive Strategy, Marketing and Advertising, Penney (J.C.) (JCP), Best Buy (BBY), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Entrepreneurs, Urban Outfitters (URBN)

Some people refuse to shop online because they want to actually try on the shirt and see how it fits them, or they want to hold the camera, try out the zoom and feel its weight. Other people stay with the common brand-name store because they don't like to mail back returned items.

Some people shop online because they hate malls; they hate the masses, the pain of shopping at one store after another and the waiting in line with everyone else for that one small purchase.

Regardless of the shopper, e-tailers are trying to win new business. In the new product showcase site at Newark, Delaware, 60-70 "companies and brands with limited or no previous store space will lease space for individual shops in an empty mall anchor location, according to developer Convergent Retail."

Internet consumers beware! Don't be fooled! This is really a mall!

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