Barclays cut its estimates for Cisco, and Friedman Billings and Ramsey lowered its expectations for Hewlett-Packard.
Kevin Book, an energy analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey, doesn't think this proposal has enough support to pass.
Fifth Third Bancorp gets the thumbs-down from Bradley Vander Ploeg at Raymond James and Gary Townsend at Friedman Billings Ramsey.
"We hope the Federal Reserve acts quickly to end this liquidity crisis before it gets worse, " says Paul Miller, an analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey.
"Everyone envisioned volume coming in large chunks, but the assumptions were all wrong, and prices plummeted 60% to 80% a year for wholesale bandwidth, " says Susan Kalla, an analyst with Friedman Billings.
"The commentary supports our view that Comverse is actively looking at unlocking value for shareholders, which could ultimately lead to a breakup of the company, " wrote Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Daniel Ives in a note to clients.
Paul Miller of Friedman Billings Ramsey, an investment bank, says a government bad bank can pay more for assets than a private investor because its cost of funds is irrelevant, it needs no capital and can hold the assets to maturity.
Matt Snowling, an analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey, said the announcement was not entirely unexpected, as the company said it was very close in tying up a deal during last week's earnings call, but removes a fairly significant overhang the company had worried about.
Starbucks also got a lift from a Friedman, Billings Ramsey report that its shares were undervalued.
James Reddoch, an analyst Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, used prescription data from NDC Health to forecast the performance of biotech companies that he covers.
In a research note issued Wednesday, Kevin Book, an energy analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, predicted that the bill would pass the House.
But the number of patients getting the medicine could double, according to a research note from James Reddoch, biotech analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey.
Howard Penney, an analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey in New York, thinks Starbucks needs to cut its rate of expansion in America by half.
According to a recent note by analyst James Reddoch of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, an injunction hearing related to the molecule is scheduled for Jan. 30.
Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX - news - people ) also got a lift from a Friedman, Billings Ramsey report that its shares were undervalued.
Hilal, associate director of research and equity analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. (FBR makes a market in RightNow shares but does no banking work for the company).
But James Reddoch at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey has written notes to investors saying that Reclast is, in fact pretty good--and that its efficacy will be hard to beat.
Despite all the concerns, Merrill Ross, an analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey kept her outperform rating on the company, adding that there is no potential for write-downs from the announcement.
Hoffman, deputy director of research at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, notes that the company has a superb sales force that, with one approach, first aims for a municipal account and then goes after more lucrative commercial business within a town.
Stewart Johnson, a securities analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, an investment bank, reckons that many of Genworth's lines, including fixed annuities and long-term care plans sold in the mid-1990s, along with a business in Britain that pays bills in the event of unemployment, were returning less than 6%.
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