Upgrades

  • Rent-A-Center (RCII) upgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from Hold to Buy
  • Lufthansa (DLAKY) upgraded by JPMorgan from Neutral to Overweight
  • Schiff Nutrition (WNI) upgraded by Imperial Capital from In-Line to Outperform
  • Imperial Tobacco (ITYBY) upgraded by Societe Generale from Hold to Buy
  • Piedmont (PDM) upgraded by Wells Fargo from Underperform to Market Perform
  • Southern Copper (SCCO) upgraded by Morgan Stanley from Equal Weight to Overweight
  • Sterling Construction (STRL) upgraded by BMO Capital from Market Perform to Outperform
  • Dangdang (DANG) upgraded by Oppenheimer from Perform to Outperform
  • Hatteras Financial (HTS) upgraded by Sterne Agee from Neutral to Buy

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Downgrades 

  • Bank of America (BAC) downgraded by RW Baird from Outperform to Neutral
  • STMicroelectronics (STM) downgraded by Societe Generale from Buy to Hold
  • Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) downgraded by Deutsche Bank from Buy to Hold
  • NetEase.com (NTES) downgraded by Roth Capital from Buy to Neutral
  • First Commonwealth (FCF) downgraded by Sterne Agee from Buy to Neutral
  • Apollo Group(APOL) downgraded by Credit Suisse from Outperform to Neutral
  • UBS (UBS) downgraded by ISI Group from Buy to Hold
  • KBR (KBR) downgraded by Lazard Capital from Buy to Neutral

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