Wednesday, August 09, 2006

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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