Shares of Whitbread PLC climb in an upbeat U.K. market after it reports encouraging sales figures on Tuesday, while banking giant HSBC Holdings PLC rises after a broker upgrade.

PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - Qatar Airways is talking to Boeing about being a launch customer for a successor to its mini-jumbo, the 406-seat 777-9X, Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said at the Paris Airshow on Monday.

PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Monday said it had won a contract valued at $354 million for a major upgrade of four French E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.

Oil firms lead U.K. stocks higher after a broker upgrade on Monday, while shares of GlaxoSmithKline PLC also show upbeat moves after a target price lift.

Japan Exchange Group Inc. (8697.JA, OSCUF), operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, will create a new market, possibly in fiscal 2015, to attract private capital to upgrade or replace infrastructure built during Japan's postwar boom, the Nikkei reports

The retailer gets a timely analyst upgrade, but the prognosis doesn't look so good.

(Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares rose more than 10 percent to the highest level in almost a year on Friday after an analyst upgrade stoked optimism about a recent strategy shift by the world's largest...

Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.50 percent to 15,100.70 while the NASDAQ declined 0.41 percent to 3,431.08. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.36 percent to 1,630.41.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I'm long BlackBerry . Therefore, you can imagine I was thrilled to see Societe Generale upgrade the company to buy from sell yesterday.The stock jumped 6%, and it's up another 2% today.Given that I'm long the stock, I'm biased

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) shares rose nearly 13 percent intraday after an upgrade from Deutsche Bank. The analysts highlighted a stage of growth for the company as a key catalyst for the upgrade.Ratings Change

Shares of the daily deal site surged after an analyst upgrade, continuing a rally that began once Groupon fired former CEO Andrew Mason.

Deutsche Bank upgrades shares of Groupon, citing the company's return to growth. Click to view a price quote on GRPN. Click to research the Internet industry.    

Shares of BlackBerry rose more than 6% Thursday after an analyst upgraded its shares from sell, to buy. Here's what investors need to know.

Shares of SolarCityrose 8% in premarket trade on Friday, helped by an upgrade to outperform from neutral by Credit Suisse, which has a price target of $52 for the stock. The company, based in San Mateo, Calif., installs and manages rooftop solar pane

SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) shares rose sharply pre-market after Credit Suisse boosted its rating on the stock. Credit Suisse raised SolarCity from Hold to Outperform and nearly doubled its price target from $28 to $52.Rationale

Mining firms lead U.K. stocks higher on Friday after a broker upgrade, while the broader index tracks an upbeat sentiment in the global financial markets.

Yum! Brands is trading near all-time highs after an analyst upgrade and encouraging same-store sales numbers in China. Does that make YUM stock a buy?

By George Kesarios:It's actually getting to be quite tiresome. That is, BlackBerry (BBRY) getting upgraded every now and then and the stock not really going anywhere.BlackBerry, if I may say so, received a pretty prestigious upgrade today, after Soci

June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect against potential cyber threats that could compromise the devices or patient privacy.

June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect against potential cyber threats that could compromise the devices or patient privacy.

June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, citing potential cyber threats to medical devices, on Thursday urged medical device makers, hospitals and other medical facilities to upgrade their protections against attacks that could disa

June 13 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Thursday it raised the ratings on five MBIA Insurance Corp-insured housing revenue bonds to B from CCC, citing the upgrade of MBIA Insurance Corp on May 8. "All of these issues receive pa

June 13 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Thursday it raised the ratings on five MBIA Insurance Corp-insured housing revenue bonds to B from CCC, citing the upgrade of MBIA...

June 13 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Thursday it raised the ratings on five MBIA Insurance Corp-insured housing revenue bonds to B from CCC, citing the upgrade of MBIA Insurance Corp on May 8. "All of these issues receive pa

Shares of EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) are selling off Wednesday afternoon despite an earlier upgrade from Craig-Hallum's Rajesh Ghai. After opening at $24.90, EMC shares are now down to $24.31, about 1.5 percent below Monday's closing price. Ghai now rates

Apollo (NYSE: APO) is down 4 percent from its open today, despite an earlier upgrade by Goldman Sachs from Neutral to Buy.Goldman analysts cited increasing fee-related growth, realized gains, and a valuation pullback for the upgrade.

Inclusion in MSCI’s Emerging Market Index could attract $800m of new inflows into the two countries’ markets from risk-averse investors

Stock markets in the U.A.E. and Qatar rallied to multiyear highs after index compiler MSCI promoted them to emerging-markets status, which is expected to channel hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh foreign investments.

By Spencer Osborne: Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) received a price target upgrade today from Pipe Jaffray analyst Edward Tenthoff from $9 to $12.50 representing a price target increase of almost 40% and a potential move of about 50% from current tradi

Microsoft was hoping Windows 8 would be such a hit with enterprises that they'd stop using Windows XP, an aging operating system that debuted in 2001.  That hasn't happened, but HP thinks enterprises will have no choice but to upgrade to new PCs

JP Morgan's Caio Carvalhal issued a note Tuesday boosting his investment rating on Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) from Underweight to Neutral amid valuation and output growth.Caio Carvalhal commented on Ecopetrol's "small premium to peers:" the stock currently

Whether you're unemployed or open to new job opportunities, there's really no reason not to take advantage of every LinkedIn feature. The entire site is designed to help you network professionally. The best part is that LinkedIn is dynamic. It's

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- TheStreet's Jim Cramer likes Facebook's so much, it's a holding in his charitable trust, Action Alerts Plus.So he told Debra Borchardt he was really happy about the social media company's recent upgrade and its long-term prosp

In a report published Tuesday, Credit Suisse analyst Philip Winslow initiated coverage on Marketo (NASDAQ: MKTO) with an Outperform rating and $30.00 price target.

Gold prices fell to levels not seen in nearly three weeks on Tuesday as investors stepped away from riskier assets, selling global stocks as well. Analysts said the day-prior upgrade of the U.S. credit outlook by S&P was a negative for gold.

Cable companies seek to improve programming guides to promote more viewing

Stocks were essentially flat today as investors ignored the upgrade in the U.S.' credit outlook.

Latest Air offers plenty of juice; improved battery is the main upgrade here.

SYDNEY--ASX Ltd. (ASX.AU), which owns Australia's main stock and futures exchange, said it would raise 553 million Australian dollars (US$523 million) through a share issue to help upgrade technology and pay down debt.

Apple’s iOS 7 will mark a big redesign for iPhone users, based on the company’s announcements at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco Monday.

National Audit Office is expected to criticise the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for failing to deliver a proper bidding process

In a report published on Monday, RBC Capital analyst Paul Quinn raised Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) to Outperform versus the previous Sector Perform rating.

* House starts, upgrade to U.S. credit outlook offer support

Monday was a slow day in the equity markets, with the major averages closing near the unchanged mark. There were no significant domestic economic reports and news flow was muted. Among the day's top stories, however, was the upgrade in the outlook fo

TORONTO, June 10 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index advanced slightly on Monday as an upgrade of the U.S. credit outlook and strong housing starts data lifted shares of financial companies and helped offset sluggish economic data from China. The T

NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Monday, pulling back after the previous session's big gains despite a credit outlook upgrade of the United States.

NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Monday, pulling back after the previous session's big gains despite a credit outlook upgrade of the United States.

NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Monday, pulling back after the previous session's big gains despite a credit outlook upgrade of the United States.

NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended mostly loweron Monday, pulling back after the previous session's big gainsdespite a credit outlook upgrade of the United States.