In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently off 146.94 points at 16,724.04, while the
Hang Seng was trading down 729.58 points at 22,455.36.
Crude oil for September delivery climbed 16 cents to $76.69 a barrel, after closing
$1.68 lower at $76.53 on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday.
CCR downgraded to equal-weight from overweight - Morgan Stanley
COB upgraded to buy from neutral - target 225 - UBS
SAB upgraded to neutral from reduce - target 1300 from 1280 - UBS
TPK upgraded to buy from hold - target 2100 - Merrill Lynch