Banc of America Securities' Yaffe recently downgraded Pharmacia two steps, from strong buy to market performer.
Leonard S. Yaffe at Banc of America Securities said he hadn't been encouraged by earlier results.
"I think it's a political decision, " said Nick Fothergill, global aerospace analyst at Banc of America.
Awaiting arraignment on Thursday were Guttenberg, the Collottas, Lenowitz, Childs, McKeever and Paul Risoli of Banc of America.
Yes, says Glenn Novarro, the medical device analyst at Banc of America Securities.
"I don't think it makes a lot of sense, " says Michael King, biotech analyst at Banc of America Securities.
Banc of America Securities analyst Jim Reddoch says Affymetrix still has the vast majority of the DNA chip market.
"That's a clue to where else this drug will go, " says Michael King, an analyst at Banc of America Securities.
Banc of America Securities analyst Lee Schalop says dividends that consume more than 85% of this modified FFO number are suspect.
It's the kind of acquisition that Genzyme is noted for, says Michael King, a biotechnology analyst at Banc of America Securities.
That's the conclusion of Banc of America Securities technology analyst Keith Bachman, who reiterated a "neutral" rating on Sun Microsystems shares.
Wall Street analysts at Banc of America Securities, Bear Stearns and RBC Capital Markets had all put a spotlight on today's results.
"We have to believe that this remains a company in trouble, " Banc of America Securities analyst David Strasser said in a recent report.
Leonard Yaffe, who covers Bristol-Myers for Banc of America Securities, says he doesn't expect the impact on Bristol to be huge either way.
The Justice Department also named Banc of America Securities, which it says allocated to Q Capital from IPOs and secondary offerings in exchange for kickbacks.
Banc of America Securities analyst Kevin McCarthy said corn will get a lift as farmers plant more of it than other grains in the near-term.
Scott Kay at Banc of America Securities and Anthony Butler at Lehman Brothers both expect a positive decision, but their sales estimates for the drug differ.
Conducting the clinical trials may be made somewhat easier than expected, notes Banc of America's Reddoch, by the fact that some patients will be recruited in Asia.
That's the conclusion of Banc of America Securities technology analyst Keith Bachman, who reiterated a "neutral" rating on Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) shares.
Some analysts, including Glenn Novarro at Banc of America Securities, have in the past liked the idea of pairing the smaller defibrillator maker with a larger company that could bulk up its sales force.
Banc of America Securities analyst Keith Bachman maintained his "buy" rating on Hewlett-Packard after the PC and printer giant announced the resignation of software division head Nora Denzel following Wednesday's market close.
Scott Kay, the pharmaceutical analyst at Banc of America Securities, wrote in a note to investors that while Bristol still faces a basketful of problems, the additional delay is not cause for additional worry.
The withdrawal "is consistent with our expectations that if there was a cardiovascular problem, the more potent the drug, the more likely the side effect, " says Leonard Yaffe, an analyst at Banc of America Securities.
Separately, Banc of America Securities moved EMC into the top slot of its tech picks, one spot ahead of IBM, jumping on the current valuation following a 19% drop in the data storage company's share price since March.
Banc of America Securities analyst Keith Bachman maintained his "buy" rating on Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) after the PC and printer giant announced the resignation of software division head Nora Denzel following Wednesday's market close.
Separately, Banc of America Securities moved EMC (nyse: EMC - news - people ) into the top slot of its tech picks, one spot ahead of IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ), jumping on the current valuation following a 19% drop in the data storage company's share price since March.
The scandal was triggered when New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer revealed a scheme under which Nations Funds, advised by Banc of America Capital Management, a unit of Bank of America (nyse: BAC - news - people ), permitted hedge fund Canary Capital to trade mutual fund shares at prices that had already been set at the day's close.
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