*Google music streaming service costlier than Pandora. SAN FRANCISCO, May 15- Google Inc launched a music service on Wednesday that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music.
*Cantor Fitzgerald raises price target to $30 from $27; rating buy. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
**APPLE INC, $447.94, up 2 pct. William Blair& Co analyst Anil Doradla said the bond oversubscription showed investor confidence in Apple, adding that shareholders will get these benefits, and that capital allocation is driving the shares up. **AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS INC, $2.69, down 49 pct.
**GENERAL MOTORS CO, $31.5, up 4 pct. **VISA INC, $170.8, up 3 pct. **FACEBOOK INC, $28.17, up 3 pct.
*Credit Suisse raises target price to $34 from $25; rating outperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
**GENERAL MOTORS CO, $31.5, up 4 pct. **VISA INC, $170.8, up 3 pct. **FACEBOOK INC, $28.17, up 3 pct.
*Macquarie raises price target to $29 from $25. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
*Cantor Fitzgerald raises price target to $30 from $27; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
Wall Street was set to open slightly higher Thursday as an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank and better-than-expected weekly jobless claims data in the U.S. boosted investors' appetite for risky assets. **GENERAL MOTORS CO, Wednesday close $30.18, up 4 pct premarket. **VISA INC, Wednesday close $166.02, up 3 pct premarket.
*Wunderlich Securities raises target price to $30 from $22; rating hold. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
**GENERAL MOTORS CO, Wednesday close $30.18, up 4 pct premarket. **SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, Wednesday close $36.94, up 4 pct premarket. **FACEBOOK INC, Wednesday close $27.43, up 2 pct premarket.
*Oppenheimer raises price target to $30 from $25; rating perform. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
**GENERAL MOTORS CO, Wednesday close $30.18. **MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP, Wednesday close $14.65. **ACTAVIS INC, Wednesday close $104.39.