Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) Reiterated Outperform but Target raised to $2 from $1.50 at RBC.
Alberto-Culver Co. (NYSE: ACV) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
China Automotive Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CAAS) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Started as Buy at Brean Murray.
Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Started as Buy at Brean Murray.
Strategic Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: BEE) Raised to Neutral at Baird.
Silicon Image Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) Cut to Hold at Kaufman; Cut at Lazard late Friday on the bad court review news.  TiVo’s technical trade set-ups are also available at VSInvestor.com.
Telefonica SA (NYSE: TEF) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Warner Chilcott plc (NASDAQ: WCRX) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

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JON C. OGG

• Alberto-Culver (ACV) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• China Mass Media (CMM) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• National City (NCC) Raised To Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Nortel Networks (NT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
• R.H. Donnelley (RHD) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
• Tellabs (TLAB) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
• Terra Industries (TRA) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
• Xilinx (XLNX) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
September 29, 2008