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Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) reiterated Underperform with 0.66 euro price target (versus 0.80 local price, not ADR) at BofA/ML.
Ctrip.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Dominion Resources Inc. (NYSE: D) raised to Buy at Argus.
Fleetmatics Group Limited (NYSE: FLTX) started as Buy at BofA/ML and started as Overweight at Barclays.
Integrated Device Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI) cut to Neutral at Wedbush.
Nanometrics Inc. (NASDAQ: NANO) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) started as Conviction Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Riverbed Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) cut to Neutral at Baird.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) reiterated Buy with $7.50 target at Argus.
UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reiterated Buy with $39 target at BofA/ML.
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) reiterated Outperform with $58 target by Credit Suisse due to Lucasfilm/Star Wars buyout.
Western Union Co. (NYSE: WU) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Here were some of the top analyst calls made while the markets were closed Monday and Tuesday:
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was covered by Stern Agee and by Credit Suisse after Tim Cook reshuffled management in firings. FULL DETAILS
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) cut to Sell at CRT Capital.
Armour Residential REIT (NYSE: ARR) started as Outperform with $7.50 target at Credit Suisse.
Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) raised to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) was added to the US 1 Focus List at BofA/ML.
LifeLock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK) started as Buy at Needham, started as Buy at Deutsche Bank, started as Buy at Goldman Sachs and started as Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Lithia Motors Inc. (NYSE: LAD) was named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks on Tuesday, and United Rentals Inc. (NYSE: URI) was named value stock of the day at Zacks on Monday.
Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) was named Bull of the Day at Zacks on Monday, while Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) was named as Bull of the Day at Zacks on Tuesday.
Credit Suisse showed which insurance companies had the most and least exposure to hurricane damages against their fourth-quarter earnings from this storm.
Also, here were the changes for November in the Argus Model Portfolio.
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