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Morgan Stanley upgraded Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) to overweight from equal-weight andmaintained its price target. The bank sees 2011 EPS of .94, down from .20 per share, and 2012 EPS of .35, down from .40 per share. Hartford Financial Services has potential upside of 52.7% based on a current price of .52 and an average consensus analyst price target of .75.

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Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) reported Q2 EPS of {video_description}.73, ahead of consensus estimates of {video_description}.72 per share. The company said net income available to common stockholders of {video_description}.80 per share. Operating revenues for the quarter were .15 billion. Larry D. Zimpleman, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Principal Financial Group, Inc said, “The Principal saw very positive results in the second quarter, contributing to a strong first half of 2011. We ended the quarter once again with record assets under management for the total company as well as in Principal International, and record account values in Retirement and Investor Services. Despite an economic recovery that remains fragile, we continue to see strong growth and increasing earnings from our businesses.” Principal Financial Group is currently below its 50-day moving average (MA) of .46 and below its 200-day MA of .83.

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Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) is expected to receive bids Monday for its brokerage unit Morgan Keegan from firms including Blackstone (BX), Carlyle Group, and Stifel Financial. Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) has a potential upside of 14.2% based on a current price of .18 and an average consensus analyst price target of .06. Regions Financial is currently below its 50-day moving average (MA) of .37 and below its 200-day MA of .82.

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Financial shares are lower in mid-session trading while Jackson Hewitt Tax (JTX) plunged after the company cancelled its earnings conference call in light of ongoing discussions between JTX and lenders under its senior secured credit agreement. Meanwhile, Financial Institutions (FISI) shares are just higher after the company said late Wednesday it priced 2.4465 million shares at .35 each in an offering. The deal is seen closing on or about March 15.