EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Air France-KLM, Boliden AB, Continental AG Dec 7 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Air France-KLM, Boliden AB and Continental AG on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Air France-KLM AIRF.PA : JP Morgan cuts to underweight from overweight * Boliden AB BOL.ST : Morgan Stanley cuts to underweight from equal-weight * Continental AG CONG.DE : HSBC cuts to hold from buy * Deutsche Lufthansa AG LHAG.DE : JP Morga

U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Boeing, McDonald's, Quaker Houghton Dec 7 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Boeing, McDonald's and Quaker Houghton, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Boeing BA.N : JP Morgan raises target price to $270 from $245 * Charter Communications Inc CHTR.O : JP Morgan cuts target price to $445 from $465 * McDonald's MCD.N : Stifel raises target price to $285 from $270 * Quaker Houghton KWR.N : Jeff

UPDATE 2-EU clears up to 1.2 bln euros of aid for cloud computing Adds commissioner comments on jobs, aid 'claw-back', paragraphs 4-6 BRUSSELS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Tuesday up to 1.2 billion euros ($1.30 billion) of state aid for a European cloud computing project to try to boost the involvement of EU business in a field dominated by U.S.

BUZZ-2024 could be 'break out year' for European telecoms, JPM says ** J.P.Morgan says 2024 could be the "break out year" for European telecom operators driven by higher prices and growth in capex and earnings ** It notes that after a wave of retail price hikes, the sector's revenue growth rose from 0% in H1 2022 to +2% in Q3 2023, a momentum JPM s

CEE ECONOMY-Central Europe's recovery slow as Czech economy takes Q3 hit Czech Q3 q/q drop deeper than estimated Hungary's economy out of recession CEE PMI show recovery signs appearing Region faces slow recovery after inflation hit Adds central bank background, Polish data, analysts in paragraph 7 and final two paragraphs By Jason Hovet Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Czech economy shrank more than e xpected in the third quarter, with household consumption dragging again , updated data showed on Friday,