Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and the price target was raised to $92 from $78 by Credit Suisse.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was reiterated as Outperform with a $439 price target at Credit Suisse.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was maintained as Neutral at Credit Suisse on talks of $10 billion mortgage settlement.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) was reiterated as Buy at Argus after news has been out that its corporate trust unit is up for sale.
Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) was maintained as a Buy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Barracuda Networks Inc. (CUDA) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $39.50 price target at Merrill Lynch.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) was downgraded to Buy from Hold at Needham & Co.
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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) was reiterated as Outperform and the price target was raised to $117 from $103 at Credit Suisse.
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) was downgraded to Hold from Buy on network growth challenges at Argus. The company saw other downgrades earlier this week as well.
Lamar Advertising Co. (NASDAQ: LAMR) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform by Wedbush as the company is converting to a real estate investment trust.
Life Time Fitness Inc. (NYSE: LTM) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform and the price target was cut to $50 by Oppenheimer.
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Linear Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LLTC) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trading slightly above $40 after earnings, and Credit Suisse reiterated its Outperform and its above-street target of $42.50 was raised to $47.50.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) was reiterated as Outperform and the price target was to $47 from $39 by a firm called Northland Securities.
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