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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Monday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESInvitrogen (IVGN)- First Analysis Sec Equal-Weight » Overweight Hercules Offshore (HERO)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add Apollo Group (APOL)- First Analysis Sec Equal-Weight » Overweight Yahoo! (YHOO)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Continental Air (CAL)- Soleil Hold » Buy Partner Comms (PTNR)- UBS Neutral » Buy Yahoo! (YHOO)- Soleil Sell » Hold Petro-Canada (PCZ)- Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy Old Dominion (ODFL)- Robert W. Baird Neutral ...	June 15, 2008
Analyst downgrades: BUD, BRP and FNSR	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Anheuser-Busch Cos (BUD), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Anheuser-Busch, Brasil Telecom and Finisar were today's noteworthy downgrades: UBS downgraded Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) to Neutral from Buy citing the InBev unsolicited bid. JP Morgan cut Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BRP) to Underweight from Neutral on concerns over the merger with Telemar. Piper downgraded Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR) to Neutral from Buy f...	June 13, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesPAREXEL (PRXL)- First Analysis Sec Equal-Weight » Overweight Volterra Semi (VLTR)- Collins Stewart Hold » Buy Medco Health Solutions (MHS)- UBS Neutral » Buy Medco Health Solutions (MHS)- Citigroup Hold » Buy National City (NCC)- Bernstein Mkt Perform » Outperform Blue Coat (BCSI)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Medco Health Solutions (MHS)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy St. Mary Lnd/Expl (SM)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy Volterra Semi (VLTR)- Piper Jaffra...	April 23, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEOVolatility TradeThe options market is forecasting some big volatility for next week's earnings season. What is the trade? Options for IBM (IBM) are pricing in a 4.5% move in either direction, Wells Fargo (WFC) is showing 8% either way and Harley Davidson (HOG) is pricing in a 6.5% move either way. Jon Najarian explained that some market players think that IBM has some big exposure to the financial services sector. Adami said take profits on IBM into earnings - if the...	April 11, 2008
Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesGranite Constr (GVA)- DA Davidson Neutral » BuyPraxair (PX)- First Analysis Sec Equal-Weight » Overweight Analogic (ALOG )- Needham & Co Hold » Buy Art Technology (ARTG)- Roth Capital Hold » Buy Quiksilver (ZQK B)-. Riley & Co Neutral » Buy Town Sports Intl (CLUB)- RBC Capital Mkts Underperform » Sector Perform MFA Mortgage (MFA)- JMP Securities Mkt Outperform » Strong Buy Omniture (OMTR)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Dynamic Mate...	March 11, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesTaiwan Semi (TSM)- Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight Regions Fincl (RF)- Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Hold Biolase Technology (BLTI)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Mine Safety (MSA)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Pioneer Drilling (PDC)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Omniture (OMTR)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy Plains Exploration (PXP)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Obagi Medical (OMPI)- Oppenheimer Perform » OutperformPanacos Phar...	March 06, 2008
Analyst downgrades: Thornburg Mortgage, Whirlpool, Jackson Hewitt	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgradesMOST NOTEWORTHY: Thornburg Mortgage, Whirlpool and Jackson Hewitt were today's noteworthy downgrades: Jefferies downgraded shares of Thornburg Mortgage (NYSE: TMA) to Hold from Buy to reflect the ongoing dislocation of the mortgage markets and lowered their target to $3.75 from $14. While they believe Thornburg will probably survive its current liquidity crisis, they think the company's capital structure will be impaired furth...	March 05, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetThe stock market put in its second day of gains on Thursday after the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed was ready to drop interest rates to avoid a recession. The market was also helped by news that Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is in talks to buy depressed mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corporation (CFC). The Dow finished up...	January 11, 2008
Highland Capital Wants PDL BioPharma (PDLI) To Hire A New Advisor For Sale Process	In an amended 13D filing today on PDL BioPharma (Nasdaq: PDLI) today, 7% holder Highland Capital Management, L.P. disclosed a letter to the company saying they are closely monitoring the sale process and recommended the Board of Directors engage a new financial advisor with substantial experience and competence to maximize the value the company's pharmaceutical royalty stream asset. The firm said the company's current advisor, Merrill Lynch, is not qualified.Highland Capital said Merrill Lynch a...	December 12, 2007
Loeb's Third Point Lowers Stake in PDL BioPharma (PDLI) to 5.1%	In an amended 13D filing on PDL BioPharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDLI), Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC disclosed a 5.1% stake (6,000,000 shares) in the company. This is down from the 9.7% stake (11,300,000 shares) he disclosed in a prior filing.Third Point sent a letter to the Board of Directors in which it acknowledged positive developments relating to the Company's announced intentions to commence a sale process but expressed concern that the Board does not include a Third Point representative and that...	October 17, 2007

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