Stocks that affect the Dow:
- DIS Walt Disney Co. appears to top earnings, revenue estimates.
- INTC Intel Matrix Research Downgraded from Strong Buy to Sell;
Upgrades/Downgrades by Sector:
Airlines - Passenger
- AMR AMR Corp Calyon Securities Downgraded from Buy to Add
- CAL Continental Air Calyon Securities Downgraded from Buy to Add
- LUV Southwest Air Calyon Securities Downgraded from Add to Neutral
- PNCL Pinnacle Airlines Calyon Securities Upgraded from Neutral to Add $7.50
Apparel
- WRNC Warnaco Group Piper Jaffray Downgraded from Outperform to Market Per $26 to $17
- WRNC Warnaco Group Prudential Downgraded from Overweight to Neutral $25 to $16
Beverages
- SAM Boston Beer Co Prudential Price Target raised Overweight $30 to $33
Biotech
- ONXX Onyx Pharma Friedman Billings Downgraded from Mkt Perform to Underperform $17 to $13
- TECH Techne Leerink Swann Upgraded from Mkt Perform to Outperform
- TECH Techne Robert W. Baird Upgraded from Neutral to Outperform $65 to $60
Business Services
- EXBD Corp Exec Bd Lehman Brothers Upgraded from Underweight to Equal-weight
- JUPM Jupitermedia Stifel Nicolaus Downgraded from Buy to Hold
Chemicals-Ethanol
- AVR Aventine Renewbl Energy Banc of America Sec Initiated at Buy $50
Computer Hardware
- ADIC Advanced Digital AG Edwards Downgraded from Hold to Sell
- SNIC Sonic Solutions Kaufman Bros Price Target raised Buy $19 to $20
- FFIV - reiterated buy at NCPI
Computer Software
- OPWV Openwave CIBC Wrld Mkts Upgraded from Sector Per to Sector Outper $9
Environmental Products
- WCAA WCA Waste Friedman Billings Downgraded from Outperform to Mkt Perform $11 to $7.50
Financial
- AACC Asset Acceptance Capital William Blair Downgraded from Outperform to Mkt Perform
Foods
- GMKT GMarket Thomas Weisel Initiated at Peer Perform
Healthcare
- ATRC Atricure Piper Jaffray Upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform $8.50
- BOL Bausch & Lomb Rochdale Securities Downgraded from Buy to Hold $46
- OSUR OraSure Tech Needham & Co Downgraded from Buy to Hold
- AMSG AmSurg Banc of America Sec Downgraded from Buy to Neutral $21
- ALLI Allion Healthcare Thomas Weisel Downgraded from Outperform to Peer Perform
- DIGE Digene Montgomery & Co Price Target raised Buy $48 to $50
- DUSA DUSA Pharma Roth Capital Upgraded from Sell to Hold $5
- TEVA Teva Pharm Piper Jaffray Downgraded from Outperform to Market Per $42 to $38
- CMX - JP Morgan thinks Caremark's guidance is still conservative
- ALKS - price target lowered to $19 at Jefferies
Manufacturing
- MFLX Multi-Fineline First Albany Downgraded from Strong Buy to Neutral
Oil and Gas
- BEXP Brigham Exploration BMO Capital Markets Upgraded from Underperform to Market Per
Publishing
- NWS News Corp UBS Price Target raised Buy $23 to $24
Regional Banks
- SBCF Seacoast Banking Sandler O'Neill Downgraded from Buy to Hold $32
REITs
- EDR Education Realty Trust Stifel Nicolaus Downgraded from Buy to Hold
- TSY Trustreet Properties Banc of America Sec Downgraded from Neutral to Sell $11
Retail Trade
- AEOS American Eagle Friedman Billings Initiated at Outperform $42
- ANF Abercrombie Friedman Billings Initiated at Mkt Perform $60
- ANN AnnTaylor Friedman Billings Initiated at Outperform $48
- BEBE bebe stores Friedman Billings Initiated at Mkt Perform $20
- CHS Chico's FAS Friedman Billings Initiated at Mkt Perform $20
- DG Dollar General Bear Stearns Upgraded from Underperform to Peer Per
- GYMB Gymboree Friedman Billings Initiated at Outperform $40
- HOTT Hot Topic Friedman Billings Initiated at Mkt Perform $13
- PSUN Pacific Sunwear Friedman Billings Initiated at Mkt Perform $17
- TLB Talbots Friedman Billings Initiated at Outperform $29
- URBN Urban Outfitters Friedman Billings Initiated at Mkt Perform $15
Savings & Loan
- NTBK NetBank Friedman Billings Upgraded from Underperform to Mkt Perform $4.80
- STSA Sterling Financial Sandler O'Neill Downgraded from Buy to Hold $35
Semiconductors
- TWB Tween Brands Friedman Billings Initiated at Outperform $49
- TXN Texas Instruments Matrix Research Upgraded from Buy to Strong Buy
Steel and Iron Mining
- OS Oregon Steel UBS Price Target raised Buy $55 to $60
Telecommunications
- CELL Brightpoint Jefferies & Co Upgraded from Hold to Buy $15 to $21
- CSCO Cisco Systems JMP Securities Upgraded from Mkt Perform to Mkt Outper $23
- GSL Global Signal RBC Capital Mkts Downgraded from Outperform to Sector Perform $54 to $47
- IIVI II-VI Inc Roth Capital Price Target raised Buy $23 to $27.40
- CELL - price target raised to $19 at DBAB
Utilities
- WTR Aqua America Boenning & Scattergd Initiated at Market Outperform
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