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FeedPosted Dec 8th 2008 12:12PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Sprint Nextel Corp (S), CVS Corp (CVS), Analyst initiations, Kinross Gold (KGC)
Analyst upgrades:
- Jefferies upgraded shares of Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) to Buy from Hold on expectations that Haynesville results could be a catalyst in 2009. The firm raised their target to $100 from $94.
- Friedman Billings upgraded shares of Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) to Outperform from market Perform following the completed merger with Allied Waste (NYSE: AW).
- KeyBanc upgraded NorthWestern (NYSE: NWE) to Buy from HOld as they expect the Montana commission to grant the company's pending request for an accounting order to smooth pension expenses over five years.
- EnCana (NYSE: ECA) was upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman.
- Goldman also upgraded Questar (NYSE: STR) to Buy from Neutral.
- Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Analyst downgrades:Continue reading Analyst calls: DVN, RSG, ECA, KGC, AIV, DB, DLTR, CVS, PETM, S, MU ...