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Stocks rose to records for a third straight session, with everything old new again. Not long after speculation that?Apple Inc.?(AAPL) is about to get into the watch-making business comes news that?Facebook?(FB) now fancies itself as a newspaper. Whatever next? The return of radio??That?ll be the day.
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Elsewhere Goldman Sachs?(GS) had a good day, rising 1.62% at about the same time it emerged that the firm?s potty mouth arch nemesis is stepping down?from the Senate.
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Today in economics, analysts expect an uptick in January wholesale inventories at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. On the earnings front,?Ann Inc. (ANN), Buckle?(BKE),?Foot Locker (FL), and?Genesco?(GCO) are all due to report results.
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Accuride?(ACW): Shares are upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T Capital.
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Ashtead?(PINK:ASHTF): The English investment holding company is now Overweight from Neutral at HSBC Securities.
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Bank of America?(BAC): Yesterday?s top?Dow?(^DJI) stock is boosted to Buy from Hold at Edward Jones.
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Continental Resources?(CLR): JPMorgan raises the independent oil and gas outfit to Overweight from Neutral.
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Con Way?(CNW): Deutsche Bank boosts the equity to Buy from Hold.
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Dean Foods?(DF): Not the first upgrade of America?s largest dairy producer this week. Today it is taken to Buy from Hold with a $21 price target at Stifel Nicolaus. A discounted valuation and transformed business model are both cited.
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Delhaize Group?(DEG): DEG gets upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
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Hospira?(HSP): UBS raises its rating to Neutral from Sell as the risk:reward ratio is now better balanced. The target is also taken up, by $2 to $30.
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Lexington Realty Trust?(LXP): The Real Estate Investment Trust is raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Evercore.
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Navistar?(NAV): JPMorgan moves the truck titan, a big gainer yesterday on news of a new CEO, to Overweight from Neutral. Shares are up further ahead of the open as a result.
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Heartland Payment Systems?(HPY): Shares are upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Suntrust Robinson Humphrey.
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Pandora Media?(NYSE:P): The Internet radio service stock, surging some 20.72% before the bell, is boosted to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
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Phoenix New Media Limited?(FENG): Deutsche Bank hoists the Beijing-based Internet information outfit to Buy from Hold.
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Siemens?(SI): The stock is up in overseas trading this morning after Citigroup, acknowledging its impressive restructuring work, added the German conglomerate to its Focus List of favored equities.
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Smithfield Foods?(SFD): The pork producer is upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Stephens.
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Southwest Airlines?(LUV): UBS lifts the low-cost carrier to Buy from Neutral.
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Tenet Healthcare?(THC): Shares are increased to Buy from Fair Value at CRT Capital.
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Volcano?(VOLC): Shares are now Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
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Yadkin Valley Financial?(YAVY): Raymond James juices its recommendation to Outperform from Market Perform.
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