S&P says it may up Deutsche Telekom's debt rating LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Standard & Poor's on Wednesday said it may upgrade Deutsche Telekom's (DT: news, chart, profile) (DE:555750: news, chart, profile) debt rating by one notch after higher-than-expected free cash flow generation of 8.3 billion euros in 2003, versus 7 billion euros that S&P expected. S&P said the increase in free cash flow not only reflected reductions in capital expenditures and working capital, but also material profitability improvements, primarily thanks to progress by DT's wireless unit T-Mobile USA and the positive impact of restructuring at T-Com, the key cash-generating fixed-line business in Germany.
Siemens upgraded to outperform at CSFB LONDON (CBS.MW) -- German turbines-to-mobile phone maker Siemens (SI: news, chart, profile) (DE:723610: news, chart, profile) was upgraded by Credit Suisse First Boston on Wednesday to outperform from neutral. CSFB said the company had a good set of first quarter results, some more encouraging signs have started to emerge from the telecom equipment industry, and the company has raised margin guidance in its power generation division. It added that since mid-January, Siemens' absolute performance has been -1.3 percent and its performance relative to the DJ Stoxx index has been -6.2 percent. Siemens shares were 0.8 percent lower in early Frankfurt trade.
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