08:41 News Bot: US PRE-MARKET EARNINGS SNAP-SHOT Large Cap Stocks (USD 20bln+)? WMT | Wal-Mart Stores Inc | Q1 EPS USD 1.10 vs. Exp. USD 1.15 Small-to-Mid Cap Stocks (USD 1-20bln)? AAP | Advance Auto Parts Inc | Q1 EPS USD 2.25 vs. Exp. USD 2.15 ATK | Alliant Techsystems Inc | Q4 EPS USD 2.59 vs. Exp. USD 2.41 CA | CA Inc | Q4 EPS USD 0.61 vs. Exp. USD 0.59 FLO | Flowers Foods Inc | Q1 EPS USD 0.29 vs. Exp. USD 0.30 KSS | Kohl's Corp | Q1 EPS USD 0.60 vs. Exp. USD 0.63 MANU | Manchester United Plc | Q3 EPS USD 0.08 vs. Exp. USD 0.06 PBH | Prestige Brands Holdings Inc | Q4 EPS USD 0.35 vs. Exp. USD 0.33 TK | Teekay Corp | Q1 EPS USD 0.05 vs. Exp. USD -0.27 TGP | Teekay LNG Partners LP | Q1 EPS USD 0.56 vs. Exp. USD 0.58 TOO | Teekay Offshore Partners LP | Q1 EPS USD 0.36 vs. Exp. USD 0.39 Earnings from after-market yesterday (14th May 2014) Acxiom Corp (ACXM) Q4 Adj. EPS USD 0.24 vs. Exp. USD 0.20 Agilent Technologies Inc (A) Q2 EPS USD 0.72 vs. Exp. USD 0.73 Cisco (CSCO) Q3 Adj. EPS USD 0.51 vs. Exp. USD 0.48 Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) Q4 EPS USD 0.45 vs Exp. USD 0.50 Jack in the Box Inc (JACK) Q2 Oper. EPS USD 0.51 vs. Exp. USD 0.52 NetEase Inc ?(NTES) Q1 earnings USD 1.38/ADS vs Exp. USD 1.42 Seaworld Entertainment (SEAS) Q1 Adj. Loss/Shr USD 0.56 vs. Exp. USD 0.49 ? Vipshop (VIPS) Q1 Adj. EPS USD 0.63/ADS vs. Exp. USD 0.46 WuXi Pharmatech (WX) Q1 non-GAAP EPS USD 0.30 vs. Exp. USD 0.39 (RANsquawk) 08:45 News Bot: Today's major pre-market US broker moves: Upgrades ACXIOM (ACXM) UPGRADED TO MARKET PERFORM FROM UNDERPERFORM AT BMO CAPITAL EARTHLINK (ELNK) UPGRADED TO OUTPERFORM FROM PERFORM AT OPPENHEIMER ENLINK MIDSTREAM PARTNERS (ENLK) UPGRADED TO OUTPERFORM AT OPPENHEIMER HEARTLAND PAYMENT (HPY) UPGRADED TO OUTPERFORM FROM NEUTRAL AT RW BAIRD KINDER MORGAN (KMI) UPGRADED TO CONVICTION BUY FROM BUY AT GOLDMAN L-3 COMMUNICATIONS (LLL) UPGRADED TO BUY FROM NEUTRAL AT BOFA/MERRILL MIDDLEBY CORP (MIDD) UPGRADED TO BUY AT BB&T MILLER ENERGY (MILL) ASSUMED WITH A BUY FROM HOLD AT BREAN CAPITAL NIMBLE STORAGE (NMBL) UPGRADED TO BUY FROM NEUTRAL AT GOLDMAN PARKWAY PROPERTIES (PKY) UPGRADED TO BUY FROM HOLD AT STIFEL PERNIX THERAPEUTICS (PTX) UPGRADED TO STRONG BUY FROM BUY AT NEEDHAM PLUG POWER (PLUG) UPGRADED TO OUTPERFORM AT COWEN RANGE RESOURCES (RRC) UPGRADED TO CONVICTION BUY FROM NEUTRAL AT GOLDMAN REGAL ENTERTAINMENT (RGC) UPGRADED TO BUY AT TOPEKA CAPITAL STEEL DYNAMICS (STLD) UPGRADED TO OUTPERFORM FROM MARKET PERFORM AT COWEN TANDEM DIABETES (TNDM) UPGRADED TO BUY FROM HOLD AT DEUTSCHE BANK (PRE-OPEN) TWITTER (TWTR) UPGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM UNDERWEIGHT AT ATLANTIC EQUITIES ZIMMER (ZMH) UPGRADED TO BUY FROM NEUTRAL AT SUNTRUST Downgrades AMERICAN CAPITAL MORTGAGE (MTGE) DOWNGRADED TO MARKET PERFORM AT JMP SECURITIES ANGLO AMERICAN (AAUKY) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM OUTPERFORM AT CREDIT SUISSE BE AEROSPACE (BEAV) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM BUY AT UBS BRISTOL-MYERS (BMY) DOWNGRADED TO MARKET PERFORM FROM OUTPERFORM AT BMO CAPITAL COLUMBIA PROPERTY (CXP) DOWNGRADED TO EQUAL WEIGHT FROM OVERWEIGHT AT MORGAN STANLEY HUNTINGTON INGALLS (HII) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM BUY AT BOFA/MERRILL ITC HOLDINGS (ITC) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM OVERWEIGHT AT JPMORGAN LATAM AIRLINES (LFL) DOWNGRADED TO MARKET PERFORM FROM OUTPERFORM AT RAYMOND JAMES PHOTOMEDEX (PHMD) DOWNGRADED TO HOLD FROM BUY AT ASCENDIANT SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY (SWN) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM CONVICTION BUY AT GOLDMAN URBAN OUTFITTERS (URBN) DOWNGRADED TO MARKET PERFORM FROM OUTPERFORM AT FBR CAPITAL VOXX INTERNATIONAL (VOXX) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM BUY AT B. RILEY VODAFONE (VOD) DOWNGRADED TO NEUTRAL FROM BUY AT GOLDMAN Initiations ACADIA (ACAD) INITIATED WITH AN OVERWEIGHT AT JPMORGAN CHEROKEE (CHKE) INITIATED WITH A BUY AT B. RILEY GLORI ENERGY (GLRI) INITIATED WITH BUY AT MAXIM MAGELLAN PETROLEUM (MPET) INITIATED WITH A BUY AT B. RILEY RACKSPACE (RAX) ASSUMED WITH AN OVERWEIGHT AT JPMORGAN (RANsquawk)
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