Company News for November 6, 2009

• Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX - Snapshot Report) reported fourth quarter earnings of 24 cents a share, up from last year's 10 cents, above Zacks estimates of 21 cents, as revenues dropped 3.7% to $2.42 billion. The firm raised its 2010 guidance to 15-20% earnings growth from prior guidance of 13-18% growth

• Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) shares gained 12% on their NYSE debut.  The company sold 38 million shares at $25 per share

• JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM - Analyst Report) lifted its price target on Ford (NYSE:F - Analyst Report)

• The smartphone marketplace will watch today's launch of Verizon's (NYSE:VZ - Analyst Report) much-heralded new "Droid" launch, using Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG - Analyst Report) Android operating system

• AIG (NYSE:AIG - Snapshot Report) reported third quarter earnings of $2.85 ex-items

• Bernstein upgraded General Electric (NYSE:GE - Analyst Report) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN - Analyst Report) shares

• JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM - Analyst Report) upgraded Macy's (NYSE:M - Snapshot Report) shares

• Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB - Snapshot Report) upgraded Blue Nile (NASDAQ:NILE - Snapshot Report) shares, lifting the price target from $30 to $50