Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (CPHD, DRIV, FDRY, MAN, MLM, MPEL, MPS, SMOD, VMC)

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These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing affecting shares of stock this morning:

  • Cepheid (CPHD) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Digital River (DRIV) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Foundry Networks (FDRY) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Manpower (MAN) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • Martin Marietta (MLM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Melco Crown (MPEL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • MPS Group (MPS) Started as Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • Smart Modular (SMOD) Cut to Hold at Needham.
  • Vulcan Materials (VMC) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
September 10, 2008

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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