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FeedPosted Dec 11th 2008 11:41AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Intel (INTC), Viacom (VIA), Analyst initiations, Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP)
Analyst upgrades:
- Citigroup upgraded shares of Ball (NYSE: BLL) to Buy from Hold and raised its target to $45 from $41 as they believe recent capacity closures will be positive for beverage can operating rates.
- Deutsche Bank upgraded Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) to Buy from Hold on valuation and the company's plans to preserve cash.
- ThinkPanmure upgraded Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to Accumulate from Sell and raised its target to $17 from $12 citing trough earnings in 2009 and lowered expectations.
- Viacom B (NYSE: VIA.B) was added to Goldman's Conviction Buy List.
- Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
- Onyx Pharma (NASDAQ: ONXX) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.
Analyst downgrades:Continue reading Analyst calls: RTP, INTC, VIA.B, TEF, BRCD, JBL, ERIC, CEPH ...