MOST NOTEWORTHY: eBay Inc (EBAY), Corning inc (GLW) and Best Buy Co Inc (BBY) were the most notable upgrades today:
- Following the company's strong quarter, Piper Jaffray upgraded eBay Inc (NASDQ: EBAY) to Market Perform from Underperform, with a $30 target.
- Citigroup upgraded Corning Inc (NYSE: GLW) to Buy from Hold, with a $29 target, based on the revised strategy of maintaining price stability by opting to give up some market share in the seasonally weaker first-half of the year; Corning was also added to JP Morgan's Focus List.
- Bank of America upgraded Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) to Buy from Neutral, with a $59 target, and expects TV margins to be better in the second-half of 2007.
OTHER UPGRADES:
- UBS upgraded shares of Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ: BRCM) to Buy from Neutral, with a $38 target, citing reduced concerns in networking and positive Bluetooth checks.
- Stanford believes the negative news has already been priced into the SRA International Inc (NYSE: SRX) and upgraded shares to Buy from Hold, with a $39 target.
- Wedbush upgraded shares of Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) to Hold from Sell as they believe "Cooking Mama" for Nintendo Co Ltd ADR (OTC: NTDOY) is helping to cause a turnaround and find bankruptcy unlikely now.
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