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Tobacco giant Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI) saw its earnings estimates and price target boosted on Wednesday by analysts at Deutsche Bank. The analyst, which maintained its “Buy” rating on RAI, raised its price target on the stock to $62 from $60. RAI shares had closed at $51.08 on Tuesday. The analyst said that “We remain constructive on [...]

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Spreads were tighter in the US as all the indices improved (though were unable to break Friday's tights and closed wider than Thursday's close). IG trades only 8.1bps tight (rich) to its 50d moving average, which is a Z-Score of -0.7s.d. At 105bps, IG has closed tighter on only 8 days so far this year (192 trading days). The last five days have seen IG converging to its 50d moving average.[More...]

BloggingStocks: Analyst upgrades: Credit Suisse upgraded Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to Outperform from Neutral and raised its target to $55 from $44 based on earnings momentum and a bottom in the Imaging and Printing segment. Note that Dell was downgraded to ... Read more

Tobacco companies jointly filed a lawsuit in Kentucky against the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration, claiming a law signed by President Obama in June of this year imposes "unprecedented restrictions" on First Amendments Rights.[More...]

Tobacco companies jointly filed a lawsuit in Kentucky against the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration, claiming a law signed by President Obama in June of this year imposes “unprecedented restrictions” on First Amendments Rights. For instance, the law prohibits tobacco companies from jointly marketing their cigarettes with non-tobacco products. Also, ...

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