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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALEX, BIDU, CNP, DPM, FSYS, GS, LVS, MS, MOS, RHT, SRE, SFG, STRI, TSCO, URBN, WFMI)

Administrator — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:27:52 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.

Alexander & Baldwin (NASDAQ: ALEX) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Cut to Neutral at Mizuho (overseas).
CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) Reiterated Buy with $20 target at Argus.
DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM) Started as Outperform and $45 target at Credit Suisse.
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSYS) Reiterated Underperform at BofA/ML.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) lowered estimates but maintained $190 price target by Credit Suisse.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Added to Focus List at Credit Suisse.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Cut to Sector Perform at Scotia.
Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) Reiterated Buy and target raised to $57 at BofA/ML.
Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) Reiterated Buy with $61 target at Argus.
StanCorp Financial (NYSE: SFG) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
STR Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRI) Cut to Sell at Auriga.
Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $65 at BofA/ML.
Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) Maintained Buy with $40 target at BofA/ML.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) Reiterated Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ALEX, BIDU, CNP, DPM, FSYS, GS, LVS, MOS, MS, RHT, SFG, SRE, STRI, TSCO, URBN, WFMI

As Alex Gains Strength, Gale Force Winds May Hit The BP Clean Up

247wallst — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:49:43 +0000

Tropical storm Alex may become a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. Its most likely path is to hit land near the Texas-Mexico border. Alex may send gale force winds and waves at least ten foot high to the site where BP is attempting to cap the Deepwater Horizon rig leak.

The storm may be strong enough to force ships near the spot of the leak to move away, which could add a week or more to the time by which the worst oil spill in US history can be fully capped, if indeed that is possible. “Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is overseeing the leak response, says officials have plans to evacuate ships from the area in case of a serious storm”, according to the Voice of America.The bigger problem with the storm is that it may drive some of the oil spill inland along the Louisiana coast. Those working to contain the spill have labored to keep the slick off shore. Nothing can stop crude driven by 10 foot waves. High seas could drive some oil several hundred yards inland.

BP may be able to cap the oil leak, but there is enough crude on the surface of the Gulf that the weather is the biggest challenge facing the clean-up.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Filed under: Oil & Gas Tagged: ALEX, BP, Deepwater Horizon, hurricane

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 20, 2007)

247wallst — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:28:22 +0000

ADSK cut to Hold at Citigroup.
ALEX cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
ALVR cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.
BMI cut to Neutral at Baird.
CLWR cut to Hold at Jefferies.
CYBS cut to Mkt Perform at JMP Securities.
FFCH raised to Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
KR cut to Hold at BB&T.
HSY cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
ITT cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
MAN raised to Buy at B of A.
NUE raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
PFGC cut to Hold at BB&T.
RTSX started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
SLG raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
STX raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
SWY cut to Hold at BB&T.
SYY cut to Hold at BB&T.
TRN started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
WLSC cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
X cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Jon C. Ogg
July 20, 2007

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