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-1.69% in 494 days Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the multi-bank holding company in the United States. It provides private banking, investment management, and wealth advisory services to high net worth individuals, families, businesses, and select institutions. The company offers various deposit products that include checking accounts, demand deposits, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificate of deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage loans, and mortgage loans on investment and vacation properties to individuals; unsecured and secured pers... Continue reading »

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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 9/18: CBBO, PSOF, MPG, BPFH Higher; SPDE, FSP, AGYS, CHCI Lower

Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq: CBBO) <font>125% HIGHER;</font> not hearing any company-specific news, but volume is very heavy today.Pansoft Company Limited (NASDAQ: PSOF) <font>49.2% HIGHER;</font> today announced that on September 17, 2009 in Beijing, Pansoft held a successful joint press conference with Microsoft. Traders appear to be responding to the comments today.Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) <font>32.9% HIGHER;</font> the stock closed right at its 200-day SMA yesterday and appears to be breaking out technically today. Volume is already about 7x normal volume.Boston Private Financial Hol... Continue reading »

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Daimler (DAI), Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), Procter and Gamble (PG), Analyst initiations, Genzyme (GENZ) Analyst upgrades: <> Citigroup upgraded Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) to Buy from Hold after meeting with management as it believes a more aggressive strategy will lead to the company regaining market share. Citi raised its target on shares to $66 from $54. <>Piper Jaffray upgraded Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) to Overweight from Neutral after learning the company signed a large contract with North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital. ... Continue reading »

Morning Movers 9/18: BPFH, IOC, HEAT, LAVA, EROC Higher; FSP, ARNA, EDR, NMM Lower

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPFH) <font>26.7% HIGHER;</font> announced last night that it has completed the sale of Coral Gables, Florida-based Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for $93 million to private investors. Separately, the company announced the sale of RINET Company, LLC, to the RINET management team. Based in Boston, RINET is a wealth advisory firm catering to very high-net-worth clients and their families. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on BPFH earnings or its financial position. The stock was also upgraded at KBW.Interoil Corp. (NYSE:... Continue reading »

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: MSFT, GPS, HPQ, VMW, GOOG, CSCO ...

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: <> Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Healthcare Services (HCSG) were today's noteworthy upgrades: Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to Outperform from Perform on valuation as they see a trading opportunity following the recent sell-off. The firm established a $22 target on shares. Citigroup upgraded Gap (NYSE: GPS) to Buy from Hold on its "solid" Q3 results and greater visibility. The firm lowered their target to $12 from $14. <>William Blair upgrad... Continue reading »

Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades

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<> Upgrades LoJack (LOJN)- Needham & Co Hold » Buy $17 JAKKS Pacific (JAKK)- Needham & Co Hold » Buy $38 CNET (CNET)- Stanford Research Hold » Buy Platinum Underwriters (PTP)- Credit Suisse Underperform » Neutral Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO)- KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold » Buy Gold Fields (GFI)- UBS Neutral » Buy Louisiana-Pacific (LPX)- UBS Sell » Neutral Allscripts (MDRX)- UBS Neutral » Buy Energizer (ENR)- Citigroup Hold » Buy Garmin (GRMN)- Robert W. Baird Neutral » Outperform Sherwin-Williams (SHW)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight Charlotte Russe ... Continue reading »

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