Morning Playbook: Dividend.com

Decent earnings and lots of Wall Street upgrades are helping the market get off to a positive start today. Here are the major stock plays in the news so far.

Story Stocks

Agilent(A Quote): Shares are up after company reports results, sees increased demand.

Home Depot(HD Quote): Stock is higher after company reaffirms guidance.

Target(TGT Quote): Shares are trading higher after company beats lowered Wall Street estimates.

Saks(SKS Quote): Shares are slightly higher after company reports Q2 loss of $55 million.

Cardinal Health(CAH Quote): Stock is slightly higher after company raises guidance.

TJX Companies(TJX Quote): Shares are slightly lower after company's profit rises 31%.

Upgrades to Watch

Goldman Sachs(GS Quote): Pali Research upgrades stock to a buy. $210 price target.

American Express(AXP Quote): Keefe Bruyette & Woods upgrades stock to an outperform. $37 price target.

Pioneer Natural Resources(PXD Quote): Oppenheimer raises stock to an outperform. $35 price target.

Motorola(MOT Quote): Canaccord initiates stock with an overweight rating.

Marvell Technology(MRVL Quote): FBR Capital Markets raises estimates. $18.50 price target.

Brocade Communications(BRCD Quote): S&P raises stock to a buy.

AutoZone(AZO Quote): Merrill Lynch/Bank of America raises estimates. $185 price target.

International Game Technology(IGT Quote): JP Morgan raises stock to an outperform. $23 price target.

Celanese Corporation(CE Quote): Goldman Sachs raises price target to $27.

Terra Industries(TRA Quote): JP Morgan starts stock with an overweight rating.

Valspar(VAL Quote): UBS raises estimates. $24 price target.

J.C. Penney(JCP Quote): Morgan Stanley raises price target to $37.

Corning(GLW Quote): Oppenheimer raises stock to a buy. $19 price target.

Boston Scientific(BSX Quote): Leerink Swann raises stock to an outperform. $15 price target.

BB&T(BBT Quote): FBR Capital Markets raises estimates. $22 price target.