
Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) was started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) started as Underweight at HSBC.
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Nomura.
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) was cut to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays.
Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee.
Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA) was cut to Hold from Buy at S&P Capital IQ (late Tuesday afternoon call).
Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) was maintained as Buy but it was added to the Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs
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Credit Suisse has raised its 2013 S&P 500 Index price target to 1,730 from 1,640, and the firm set the 2014 target at 1,900.
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