Equity Briefing: Upgrades and Downgrades for August 16th: HALO, HOTT, IDIX, JAH, LCC, LMCA, MIPS, PLCE, PUK

A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network (http://bit.ly/arndailyr) and Equity Briefing:

Barclays Capital  reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Halozyme Therapeutic HALO.

Janney Montgomery Scott  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Hot Topic Inc HOTT.

Stifel Nicolaus  upgraded shares of Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. IDIX from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Oppenheimer  raised its price target on shares of Jarden Co. JAH to $60.00. They have an outperform rating on the stock.

Imperial Capital  lowered its price target on shares of US Airways Group, Inc. LCC from $22.00 to $19.00. They have an outperform rating on the stock.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Liberty Capital LMCA.

Dougherty & Co  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of MIPS Technologies, Inc. MIPS.

Janney Montgomery Scott  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. PLCE.

Nomura  reiterated its reduce rating on shares of Prudential Public PUK.

Goldman Sachs  reiterated its neutral rating on shares of Sina SINA.

Deutsche Bank  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Sina SINA.

Barclays Capital  reiterated its equal weight rating on shares of Solera Holdings, Inc. SLH.

Oppenheimer  reiterated its outperform rating on shares of 3SBio Inc. SSRX.

KeyBanc  initiated coverage on shares of Swift Transportation SWFT. They issued a hold rating on the stock.

MKM Partners  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Targacept Inc. TRGT.

UBS AG  reiterated its buy rating on shares of Wintrust Financial WTFC.

Deutsche Bank  upgraded shares of Xueda Education XUE from a hold rating to a buy rating.

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