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Analysts at BofA/Merrill upgrade Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (NYSE: TSP) from “underperform” to “buy.” TSP shares fell 5.95% to close at $23.07 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

VimpelCom Ltd (NYSE: VIP) reported its Q4 EPS at $0.34, versus the consensus of $0.35. VIP reported its Q4 operating revenue at $2.82 billion, versus the consensus of $2.79 billion. VIP shares fell 1.58% to close at $13.70 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ: APOL) is expected to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.69 on revenue of $1.03 billion. Landec Corporation (NASDAQ: LNDC) is projected to post its Q3 earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $66.75 million. McCormick & Company Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) is expected to report...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects McCormick & Company Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) to report its Q1 EPS at $0.54 on revenue of $802.91 million. MKC shares closed at $49.61 yesterday. Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) is estimated to post a Q1 loss at $0....

On CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT, Jim Cramer said that Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ: WIN) keeps doing everything right for the shareholders. He is a buyer of this stock. Windstream Corporation (WIN) gained 1.55% today, and closed at $13.09. Cramer is a seller of World Wrestling...

Cusick's Corner Inflation is on the brain and with the Hawks circling, this market needs leadership to arise before any real money is going to work. With that said, we may have this choppy action until the jobs data comes in at the end of this week. The Consumer Confidence Number will be a big one...

Cusick's Corner The market is at a point of indecision, especially with the market digesting quite a move to the upside, hitting resistance at the very point in February where there was a glut of congestion and finally the lack of volume. Also the proverbial Canary in the coal mine is chirping,...

Sprint (NYSE: S) has announced that the company opposes AT&T's (NYSE: T) takeover of T-Mobile USA. Shares of Sprint are up 5 cents to $4.73, a gain of just over 1% on 42 million shares.

AT&T (NYSE: T) is putting an extra spring into the steps of customers this season with limited time pricing on five premier smartphones from its industry-leading portfolio. AT&T customers can now get the Samsung Captivate™ for $99.99, BlackBerry® Torch, Samsung Focus, LG Quantum for $49.99...

Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) was upgraded by Goldman from "neutral" to "buy." NOK's shares closed at $8.35 on Friday. Nokia's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $59.39 billion. Illumina Inc (NASDAQ: ILMN) was upgraded by Auriga from "hold" to "buy.” ILMN's shares closed at $65.45 on Friday....

Analysts at RW Baird upgrade AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) from “neutral” to “outperform.” The target price for AT&T has been raised from $30 to $34. AT&T shares gained 1.09% to close at $28.85 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

On CNBC's Options Action, Dan Nathan speculated about a take over of Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) by Verizon (NYSE: VZ). He recommended a bullish options strategy in Sprint (S). Dan Nathan wants to sell the January (12) 4 put for $0.37, and buy the January (12) 5 put for $0.57. This trade...

The board of directors of AT&T (NYSE: T) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.43 a share on the company's common shares. The dividend is payable on May 2, 2011, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2011.

Morgan Stanley has an Overweight rating and a $50 price target on shares of CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL). In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "We believe the share price will rise in absolute terms over the next 60 days. This is because the stock has traded off recently, making short...

Citi believes Sprint (NYSE: S) can still improve its operating scale through Network Vision and possibly Network hosting, emerge as the value based provider of wireless service within the industry with AT&T's (NYSE: T) pending acquisition of T-Mobile USA, “and be a possible beneficiary of...