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14th December 2007
ABN Amro initiates coverage of GKN (GKN) with a buy and 350p target and Petrofac (PFC) with a buy and 546p target and reiterates hold for HBOS (HBOS).

Cazenove has an outperform for HBOS (HBOS).

Citigroup has downgraded its rating for HBOS (HBOS) to hold from buy, cutting target to 750p from £10.50.  They upgrade Misys (LSE: MSY.L - news) (MSY) to hold from sell.

Evolution Securities upgrades Rentokil Initial * to buy with a 170p target and reiterates buy Rank Group (RNK) with a 175p target.

Exane BNP Paribas upgrades Rentokil Initial (RTO) to outperform from neutral cutting target to 160p from 180p.

WH Ireland has an outperform for Wynnstay (WYN).

KBC Peel Hunt has a buy for JKX Oil & Gas (JKX), downgrades Kiln (KIN) to hold from buy, has a hold for Oilexco (OIL), upgrades Paragon (PAG) to add from hold and Regus (RGU) to hold from sell.

Merrill Lynch reiterates buy and 865p target for United Business Media (UBM), has a buy and 181p target for Rentokil Initial (RTO), a buy and 600p target for Rexam (REX) and a buy and £13.70 target for Shire (SHP).

Numis has a buy and 171p target for Albidon (ALD), a hold and 150p target for Kiln (KIN), a buy and 42p target for PartyGaming (PRTY), a buy and 743p target for United Business Media (UBM) and an add and 730p target for VT Group ((Xetra: VTG999).

Seymour Pierce reiterates buy for Zamano (ZMNO), raising target to 46p from 35p and raising estimates and has an outperform for United Business Media (UBM).

SG Securities has a hold and 500p target for BAE Systems (BA.).

UBS upgrades Urals Energy (UEN) to buy from neutral, cutting target to 250p from 475p

Friday 7th December 2007
ABN Amro has a buy for Tesco (TSCO) raising target to 600p from 592p.

Altium reiterates buy James Halstead (JHD) with a 695p target, has an add and £14.20 target for AG Barr (BAG), a buy and 60p target for ITIS Holdings (ITH) and a hold and 435p target for Mouchel Parkman (MCHL).

Citigroup has a buy and £13 target for Bellway (BWY), a buy for Catlin (CGL), but cutting target to 580p from 640p, upgrades Premier Farnell (PFL) to hold from sell with a 150p target and a buy and 690p target for Smith & Nephew (SN.)

HSBC has upgraded Royal Bank of Scotland * (RBS) to overweight from neutral

WH Ireland reiterates outperform for Mouchel Parkman (MCHL) and has a market perform for RPS (RPS).

Numis has a buy and 781p target for BSkyB (BSY) , a buy and 360p target for RPS Group (RPS). and an add and 245p target for Game Group (GMG) 

Seymour Pierce reiterates outperform for Air Music and Media (AMU) and downgrades Focus Solutions (FSG) to outperform from buy.

UBS upgrades Davis Service Group (DVSG) to buy from neutral with a 620p target
 

Friday 23rd November 2007
Citigroup has upgraded Aviva (AV.) to buy from hold.

Deutsche has issued an Aerospace and Defence review in which they say buy Cobham (COB), BAE Systems (BA.) and Meggitt (LSE: MGGT.L - news) (MGGT) (cutting the price target to 335p from 340p) and hold Rolls-Royce * (RR).  They reiterate hold William Morrison (MRW) (raising the price target to 315p from 300p) and buy Tesco (TSCO).

Evolution reiterates add Abbot Group (ABG) (350p target) and says buy Micro Focus (MCRO) (318p target), Rank Group (RNK) and Tribal Group (TRB) (175p target).

JM Finn Capital Markets reiterates buy Northern Foods (NFDS) (price target 110p).

HSBC has upgraded Anglo American (AAL) to overweight from neutral (3500p target price).

Investec reiterates buy Detica (DCA) (299p target)

KBC Peel Hunt has issued a positive note on Intermediate Capital (ICP) and says buy Venture Production (VPC).

Lehman has overweight on Acambis (ACM) (190p target price, cutting estimates) and on William Morrison (MRW) (360p target).

Morgan Stanley has overweight Synergy Healthcare (SYR) (raising the price target to 1100p from 1050p) and Britvic (BVIC) (390p target).

Panmure says buy Intermediate Capital (ICP) , Helesi (HLS) and Phoenix Investment Trust (PNX) reiterates buy WS Atkins (ATK) (1320p target) , upgraded SPI Lasers (SPIL) to buy from hold (60p target) and hold GCap (GCAP).

SG Securities has initiated coverage of Barclays * (BARC) appending a buy recommendation and a 610p price target.
 

Friday 16th November 2007
Citigroup raises price target for Arriva (ARI) to 810p from 745p, raises target for Stagecoach (SGC) to 245p from 180p, raises target for Chloride (CHLD) to 230p from 195p 

CSFB upgrades Beazley (BEZ) to outperform from neutral.

Deutsche Bank has a buy for BP * (BP.) raising target to 725p from 690p, a buy for Royal Dutch Shell (Amsterdam: RDSA.AS), raising target to £24.50 from £23.75, upgrades Venture Production (VPC) to buy from hold, raising target to 825p from 750p, has a buy for Tullow Oil (Dublin: TQW.IR), raising target to 725p from 665p, a buy for Premier Oil (LSE: PMO.L), raising target to £16.20 from £14.20, a buy for Cairn Energy (Virt-X: CNE1.VX - news) (CNE) raising target to £26 from £24 and a buy for JKX Oil & Gas (LSE: JKX.L - news) (JKX) raising target to 450p from 415p.
and has a hold stance for Friends Provident (LSE: FP.L) but lowering target to 185p from 207p.

ING has a buy for Reed Elsevier (LSE: REL.L)

Landsbanki upgrades Ladbrokes (LAD) to buy from hold

Merrill Lynch has an overweight for Dana Petroleum (LSE: DNX.L) raising target to £14.60 from £13 

JP Morgan lifts target for Scottish & Newcastle (LSE: SCTN.L) to 775p from 770p.

UBS raises target for Amlin (AML) to 380p from 360p
 

Friday 9th November 2007
Citigroup has raised its price target on Man Group (EMG) to 700p from 690p.
They say hold Signet (SIG) (reducing the price target to 85p from 95p)

Deutsche has upgraded Punch Taverns (PUB) to buy from hold.

Goldman has added British Energy (BGY) to its Conviction Buy list.

Merrill says buy BG (BG.) (raising the price target to 1100p from 900p).

JP Morgan has overweight on SABMiller (SAB) (1565p price target - its top pick in the sector)
They have overweight on Punch Taverns (PUB) (cutting target to 1400p from 1600p).
JP Morgan has initiated coverage of Britvic (BVIC) appending an overweight recommendation, Scottish & Newcastle (SCTN)

UBS says buy BAT’s (BATS) (raising the price target to 1980p from 1900p) and has upgraded Dairy Crest (DCG) to buy from neutral (750p target price).

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