Premarket roundup: Tiffany, Google

Premarket roundup: Tiffany upgraded on metal price drop; lawmakers to look at Google book deal

• On 9:19 am EDT, Thursday September 10, 2009

Among the premarket stories for Thursday, Sept. 10, from AP Financial News:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lower prices for precious metals and Tiffany & Co.'s strong brand led an analyst to upgrade shares of the luxury jeweler on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Congressional committee will review the pros and cons of a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books that are no long being published.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Motorola Inc.'s co-CEO, Sanjay Jha, is expected to reveal more details Thursday about its plans to release cell phones running Google Inc.'s Android operating software -- devices the company hopes can help turn around its struggling handset division.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Shuffle Master Inc. rose in premarket trading on Thursday, after the casino equipment maker reported strong fiscal third-quarter earnings.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Texas Instruments Inc. gave investors another sign that demand is returning to normal after a deep slump, even as analysts remain cautious about the company.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A new surge in demand could push Yingli Green Energy Co. Ltd. to capacity in the third quarter, said an analyst on Thursday as he raised his price target and estimates for the solar cell maker.

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