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Strange bedfellows dominated the day, what with?Jimmy Carter gushing over George Bush?and the Wall Street Journal turning over its editorial page?to a New York Times (NYT) journalist who did jail time. (Such a selfless gesture from right wing to left, and on?Pay It Forward Day?no less, sent shares of the Old Grey Lady surging some 5.00%.)
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Elsewhere Kentucky Fried Chicken owner?Yum Brands?(YUM), which jumped 7.10% on Wednesday and scored an?analyst upgrade 24 hours later, tumbled 2.11% after it became apparent that?Colonel Sanders? favorite food was actually?White Castle.
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Today in economics, consensus says April?s University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey will show an improvement at 9:55 a.m. Eastern. Peak earnings week concludes with announcements expected out of?Alcatel-Lucent?(ALU),?Burger King (BKW), Chevron (CVX), DR Horton (DHI),?Goodyear Tire?(GT),?Honda Motor?(HMC),?LyondellBasell (LYB), Total SA?(TOT),?Tyco International (TYC),?VF Corporation (VFC), and?WellPoint?(WLP).
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Alkermes?(ALKS): The stock is downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
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AmerisourceBergen?(ABC): Shares are now Neutral from Outperform at Robert W. Baird, which trims its target to $57 from $59 after a recent run to record highs.
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Anheuser-Busch?(NYSE:BUD): The brewing behemoth is slashed to Conviction Sell ? surely the ultimate ignominy ? from merely Sell at Goldman Sachs. Shares are lower in today?s pre-market trading as a result.
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Baidu Inc.?(BIDU): Shares in the Chinese Internet outfit, imploding 8% before the opening bell, get downgraded to Hold from Buy at Brean Capital.
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Beneficial Mutual Bancorp?(BNCL): The name is now Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee.
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Carpenter Technology?(CRS): CRS gets cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
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Duke Realty?(DRE): The stock is moved to Market Perform from Outperform by BMO Capital.
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Embraer?(ERJ): Shares are slashed to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.
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Exxon Mobil?(XOM): The oil giant and key?Dow?(^DJI) component is now Neutral from Buy at ISI Group.
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F5 Networks?(FFIV): Shares are downgraded to Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital, which notes competitive threats from Intel (INTC) among others.
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Hancock Holding?(HBHC): The stock is now Hold from Buy with Wunderlich.
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ITT Educational Services?(ESI): The stock is downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Compass Point.
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KLA-Tencor?(KLAC): KLAC gets cut to Outperform from Buy at CLSA.
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Raymond James Financial?(RJF): Citigroup reduces its recommendation on RJF to Neutral from Buy.
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Windstream?(WIN): The equity is now Neutral from Buy at Bank of America-Merrill.
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