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Filed under: International markets, Barclays plc ADS (BCS), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP), Stocks to Buy

I am the Global Editor at MoneyShow.com and each week I interview an investing expert. This week, I spoke with Chris Gilchrist, editorial director of EveryInvestor, who tells investors how they should protect themselves, diversify, and position their portfolios for a rebound.

Q. Chris, in an interview at the recent World Money Show in London, you discussed the failure of the most widely used diversification strategies during the current global market declines. Why did it happen?

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bank of America (BAC), Kroger Co (KR), Analyst initiations

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Analyst initiations, China Mobile Limited (CHL), Marvel Entertainment (MVL)

• UBS upgraded Safeway (NYSE:SWY) to Buy from Neutral based on valuation.
  
• AthroCare (NASDAQ:ARTC) was raised to Neutral from Negative at Susquehanna on valuation.
• BT Group (NYSE:BT) was raised to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse.
  
• Leap Wireless (NASDAQ:LEAP) was upgraded at Goldman to Buy from Neutral.
  
• China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Merrill Lynch.

Bangalore-based Subex Limited has signed a three-year framework contract with British Telecom (BT) to provide the company with products and services in the domains of revenue assurance, fraud detection, interconnect billing and event integrity.

The deal is valued at $ 50 million.

Further, the framework contract also covers multi-year managed services for revenue assurance (using the Moneta revenue assurance product from Subex) and a Data Intelligence Repository (BASALT) supporting the domestic and international interconnect and international billing and settlement services.

Tiscali Weighs In: Kangaroo 'Will Threaten Every Other UK Operator'

After Joost, BT (NYSE: BT) Vision, Lovefilm, TV producers umbrella PACT and advertising body IPA, Tiscali is the latest to see "significant issues and competition concerns" in Project Kangaroo.