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Mar 12, 2009 04:00 PM UTC

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Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Allergan (AGN), Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), Analyst initiations

Analyst upgrades:

Jefferies upgraded Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) to Hold from Underperform on valuation as it believes concerns over the company's Impella heart pump are priced in at current levels. The firm lowered its target price to $7 from $8.

Suntrust upgraded Somanetics (NASDAQ: SMTS) to Neutral from Reduce. The firm believes most of the risk is out of Somanetics shares and that the Q1 report could be a positive catalyst.

Banc of America/Merrill upgraded shares of Telecom Italia (NYSE: TI) to Buy from Neutral on valuation and believes the company's revenue trends are improving.

China Petroleum & Chemical (NYSE: SNP) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) and Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.

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