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UPGRADES Deutsche Bank upgraded Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) to Buy, with a price target increased from $11 to $15. Click Here for more color.

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UPGRADES: Wedbush upgrades Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) from Neutral to Outperform.

Price target increased from $5.50 to $9. Click Here for more color.

Interpublic Group of Cos., the world's third-largest advertising and marketing company, may experience an upturn in business now that its CEO noted that the worst of the advertising downturn is over since it won a slew of key contracts, an analyst said.

Interpublic Group of Cos. on Thursday reported a 55.6 percent drop in third-quarter profit on continuing worldwide slumps in advertising.