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Carl Icahn and Andrew Beal may make headlines for their business moves, but they have reputations as high-stakes poker players, too.

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The U.K. property developer hopes the transactions illustrate the strength of London's property recovery as it fends off an unfriendly bid from Nathan Kirsh.

A 56-acre site in the Playa Vista development is being put on the block, one of the many problem properties that has bedeviled Tishman Speyer.

A bankruptcy court judge signed off on plans to restructure $10.25 billion of mortgages on 103 properties.

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Feltl & Co upgrade Domino's Pizza (ticker: DPZ) from "hold" to "buy." The target price is set to $10. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Feltl & Co upgrade Papa John'S International Inc (ticker: PZZA) from "hold" to "buy." The target price has been raised from $26 to $27. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at JP Morgan upgrade CR Bard (ticker: BCR) from "neutral" to "overweight." []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at BMO Capital Markets upgrade Novatel Wireless (ticker: NVTL) from "underperform" to "market perform." The target price is set to $8. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Wedbush Morgan upgrade Sotheby's (ticker: BID) from "neutral" to "outperform." The target price has been raised from $15 to $28. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at MKM Partners upgrade Palm Inc (ticker: PALM) from "neutral" to "buy." []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Keefe Bruyette upgrade Wells Fargo (ticker: WFC) from "underperform" to "market perform." The target price has been raised from $24 to $28. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Needham & Co upgrade Aruba Networks (ticker: ARUN) from "hold" to "buy." []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at UBS upgrade Qwest Communications International Inc (ticker: Q) from "neutral" to "buy." []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at UBS upgrade Arcelor Mittal (ticker: MT) from "neutral" to "buy." []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Deutsche Bank upgrade News Corp (ticker: NWS) from "hold" to "buy." The target price has been raised from $13 to $16. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Capital One Southcoast downgrade XTO Energy Inc (ticker: XTO) from "add" to "neutral." []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Roth Capital downgrade Transition Therapeutics Inc (ticker: TTHI) from "buy" to "hold." The target price has been reduced from $13 to $6. []

NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Caris & Company downgrade Clear Channel Outdoor (ticker: CCO) from "above average" to "average." The target price is set to $10. []