Upgrades
QCOR – Questcor Pharma target raised to $24 at Maxim Group
GOOG – Google: Continued solid U.S. CPC growth in 1Q – Kaufman
BBBY – Bed Bath & Beyond target raised to $58 from $51 at Oppenheimer
ITMN – InterMune target raised to $58 from $47 at Oppenheimer
LVS – Select casino/gaming names ticking higher; Hearing LVS, WYNN and MPEL estimates raised at JPMorgan
HOC – Holly target raised to $70 from $66 at RBC Capital Mkts
CLH – Clean Harbors target raised to $120 from $107 at RBC Capital Mkts
COG – Cabot Oil & Gas upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Lazard
APC – Anadarko Petro upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard
HNR – Harvest Natural upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard
HERO – Hercules Offshore upgraded to Buy at Global Hunter Securities; tgt raised to $7
Downgrades
MON – Monsanto Q2 results slightly beat but annual guidance unchanged – Canaccord Genuity
ABT – Abbott Labs initiated with a Hold at Deutsche Bank; tgt $53
NKA – Niska Gas Storage downgraded to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus
AAWW- Atlas Air Worldwide Q1 EPS est lowered below consensus at Dahlman Rose on conservative view of block hours flown in the ACMI segment
UTHR, AMGN, CELG – United Therapeutics, Amgen (AMGN), Celgene (CELG) initiated with Neutrals at Citadel
PWER – Power-One target lowered to $10 from $14 at Northland Securities – following lowered guidance for Q1
ABC – AmerisourceBergen downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James
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