Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHP, BA, SCHW, CHA, CMED, LFC, CIT, CREE, KONG, PAYX, HTM)

August 26, 2010 by Jon C. Ogg

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Target raised overseas by UBS.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Maintain Conviction Buy and Raised estimates by Goldman Sachs.
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) Cut to Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley.
China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) Upgraded To Overweight From Neutral By HSBC
China Medical Tech (NASDAQ: CMED) Started At Buy; Target US$16 By Deutsche Bank
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LFC) Cut To Neutral Vs Outperform By Credit Suisse.
CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) Started as Neutral at Buckingham.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
KongZhong Corp. (NASDAQ: KONG) Cut to Hold at Roth Capital.
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
U.S. Geothermal Inc. (AMEX: HTM) Started as Outperform with $1.25 target at Raymond James.

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