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Midday Movers: FB, SAI & More

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Published: Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 1:14 PM ET
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Senior Editor, CNBC

Take a look at some of Wednesday's midday movers:

Facebook traded higher after the social media company reported that about 250 million people are playing games on Facebook.com each month.

SAIC hit a 52-week high after reporting better-than-expected earnings in its fourth-quarter on higher revenues from its defense solutions business.


Several notes from research analysts moving stocks:

AOL rallied on an upgrade to "overweight" from "equal-weight" at Barclays with a price target $44 per share. Barclays analyst wrote that cost cutting and incremental margins can fuel earnings growth at AOL.

Lululemon declined after the yogawear maker's price target was decreased to $62 from $67 at Macquarie Research. The Macquarie analyst wrote that a survey indicated one-third of responders were less likely to buy LULU products in the future due to quality issues.

Best Buy tumbled on a downgrade from S&P Capital IQ to "sell" from "hold."

Apollo Group was lower after brokerage Wells Fargo downgraded the for-profit education company's stock to "market perform" from "outperform," writing Apollo's "new advertising does not yet seem to be having a material effect on demand."

And dueling notes on Cliffs Natural Resources: Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to "neutral" from "sell" with a price target of $20 versus a downgrade to "underweight" at Morgan Stanley with a price target $14 per share. Cliffs Natural was the worst performer on the S&P 500.

—By CNBC's Lori Spechler

Questions? Comments? Email us at marketinsider@cnbc.com

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Take a look at some of Wednesday's midday movers:
  Price   Change %Change
FB ---
SAI ---
AOL ---
LLL ---
BBY ---
APOL ---
CLF ---

   
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