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Concord, NC - Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a concussion and will sit out the next two Sprint Cup races at Charlotte and Kansas.

The injury ends NASCAR's most popular driver's championship chances this season.

Hendrick Motorsports says Earnhardt Jr. was diagnosed Wednesday afternoon. He sustained the concussion in the 25-car pileup on the last lap of Sunday's race at…

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    * Rangold Resources (GOLD 76.49) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman    * Check Point (CHKP 44.55) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein    * Infineon (IFNNY 10.99) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan    * Deutsche Bank (DB 58.55) upgraded to Add from Neutral at WestLB    * Albemarle (ALB 56.16) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan    * Pearson…

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    * KLA-Tencor (KLAC 42.11) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at BNP Exane    * Logitech International (LOGI 18.62) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman    * Patriot Coal (PCX 24.52) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman    * Symantec (SYMC 17.52) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank    * Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO 10.22) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette    *…

Co announced a modification of its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating 12-week, response-guided regimens of its lead investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor, telaprevir, in combination with its lead investigational HCV polymerase inhibitor, VX-222. The company has discontinued the second two-drug treatment arm of telaprevir and VX-222 alone as a result of meeting a pre-defined stopping rule related to viral breakthrough. The study will…

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* Thoratec (THOR 28.19) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS    * TAL Education (XRS 14.29) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray

Miscellaneous:

* Kodiak Oil & Gas (KOG 6.50) initiated with Outperform at Wells Fargo    * Sovran Self Storage (SSS 36.29) initiated with…

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* Sunesis Pharma (SNSS 0.39) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC; tgt $1

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* Franklin Resources (BEN 114.60) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan    * Universal Technical Institute (UTI 22.11) downgraded to EqualWeight from Overweight at First…

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* Accenture (ACN 46.67) upgraded to Buy from Hoold at Jefferies; tgt $54    * Interactive Brokers (IBKR 17.27) upgraded to Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette; tgt $17    * Enterprise Products (EPD 39.89) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Ladenburg Thalmann; tgt $46.50. Firm notes with fundamentals and…

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* AMBEV (ABV 142.95) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan; tgt $154 * National Instruments (NATI 36.87) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan; tgt $42 * T. Rowe Price (TROW 62.78) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman; also added to Conviction Buy list * Pearson (PSO 15.79) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank * BT Group (BT 28.72) upgraded to Buy from Neutral…

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* Tutor Perini (TPC 20.50) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS * Amgen (AMGN 54.11) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray; tgt $74 * Veolia Environment (VE 29.10) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank * Sara Lee (SLE 15.89) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein * Comcast (CMCSA 21.32) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at…

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* Nike (NKE 87.80) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS * BMC Software (BMC 46.90) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen * Hooker Furniture (HOFT 12.24) upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T

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* Under Armour (UA 60.01) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS * Shanda…

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* Novo Nordisk (NVO 103.96) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup * Broadcom (BRCM 45.91) upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna

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* Ultra Petroleum (UPL 48.60) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS * Cabot Oil & Gas (COG 35.90) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at…