
Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) was started with an Outperform rating at Credit Suisse.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Leerink Swann.
Diamondback Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) was raised to Buy from Hold at BB&T Capital Markets.
Helmerich & Payne Inc. (NYSE: HP) was reinstated as Buy with a $82 price target at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
HomeAway Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight by Morgan Stanley.
Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Safeway Inc. (SWY) were both started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) was started as Neutral at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEN) was reinstated as Buy with a $27 price target at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Pharmacyclics Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) was started as Overweight with a $142 price target at J.P. Morgan. Deutsche Bank also started it with a Buy rating and a $170 price target.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. (NYSE: SFM) and The Fresh Market Inc. (NYSE: TFM) were both started with Buy ratings at Deutsche Bank.
Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) was started as Buy at Wunderlich Securities.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) was started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
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