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Top Analyst Downgrades (ARO, AKAM, AIZ, EP, HOT, SVU)

These are the top Wall Street analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen early this Friday morning:

Aeropostale (ARO) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Akamai (AKAM) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Assurant (AIZ) Cut to Neutral at SunTrust.
El Paso (EP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Starwood Hotels (HOT) Cut to Hold at Soleil.
SuperValu (SVU) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.

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JON C. OGG
October 9, 2009

Posted on: October 9, 2009 – 7:41 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,

Pre-Market Stock News (July 17, 2007)

(ADTN) Adtran $0.28 EPS versus $0.28 estimate.
(AIZ) Assurant CEO and CFO received SEC WELLS NOTICE.
(ASD) American Standard noted as a positive ahead of split-up by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(CVO) Cenveo is acquiring Commercial Envelope.
(DJ) Dow Jones has reportedly reached some terms with News Corp. over the merger according to WSJ reports; actual status varies from source to source so consider this still an outstanding issue until formal statements are made from one or both companies.
(ELS) Equity Lifestyle $0.59 EPS vs $0.58 estimate.
(ENCY) Encysive retained Morgan Stanley to assist in strategic review.
(FCFS) First Cash Financial $0.27 EPS vs $0.26 estimate.
(JNJ) J&J $1.05 EPS vs $1.00 estimate.
(KEY) KeyCorp $0.86 EPS vs $0.70e; raised guidance as well, but unsure if comparable.
(KO) Coca-Cola $0.85 EPS vs. $0.82 estimate.
(LYO) Lyondell is being acquired by Basell for $48.00 per share.
(MDT) Medtronic received approval for artificial disc for the neck.
(MER) Merrill Lynch $2.24 EPS vs $2.02 estimate.
(NLS) Nautilus traded down 12% after earnings.
(PHTN) Photon Dynamics sees results under plan for Q3.
(PHG) Philips Electronics noted positively as European play by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(RF) Regions Financial $0.69 EPS vs $0.69 estimate.
(STT) State Street $1.07 EPS vs $1.01 estimate.
(WFC) Wells Fargo unveiled a money transfer program.
(WGOV) Woodward Governor noted positively by Cramer on MAD MONEY.
(XLNX) Xilinx’s Spartan-3E and MicroBlaze soft processor selected for Samsung Electronics’ latest digital video surveillance system.

Jon C. Ogg
July 17, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: July 17, 2007 – 7:02 am in Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,