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Updated 02-Jul-09 15:27 ET

Upgrades


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Acorda Therapeutics ACOR Leerink Swann Underperform » Outperform $15 » $30
ADTRAN ADTN Citigroup Hold » Buy
Ascent Solar ASTI JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
BJ Services BJS JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
Evergreen Solar ESLR JP Morgan Underweight » Overweight
EXFO EXFO Thomas Weisel Market Weight » Overweight $4
Mechel Steel MTL Credit Suisse Underperform » Neutral
Sunpower SPWRA JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
Take-Two TTWO Kaufman Bros Hold » Buy $8 » $14
Tata Motors TTM Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy

Downgrades


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Discovery Labs DSCO Wedbush Morgan Hold » Sell
Dynegy DYN UBS Neutral » Sell
First Solar FSLR JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Jetblue Airways JBLU Argus Hold » Sell
Johnson Controls JCI Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold $20 » $23
Sempra Energy SRE Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold $49 » $52
Sepracor SEPR Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold $16
Varian Medical VAR Soleil Buy » Hold $35
WPP Group plc WPPGY Citigroup Hold » Sell

Coverage Initiated


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Amazon.com AMZN AmTech Research Neutral $87
ARM Holdings ARMH Citigroup Buy
Blue Coat BCSI Auriga U.S.A Buy $20
Bottomline Tech EPAY Barrington Research Outperform $13
Cisco Systems CSCO Deutsche Securities Buy $26
Endologix ELGX Lazard Capital Mkts Buy $6
Energy Conversion ENER JP Morgan Overweight
EZchip EZCH Jefferies & Co Hold $18
F5 Networks FFIV Deutsche Securities Hold $37
Gran Tierra Energy GTE JP Morgan Neutral
Juniper Networks JNPR Deutsche Securities Hold $22
Onyx Pharma ONXX Robert W. Baird Outperform $40
Poniard Pharma PARD Brean Murray Buy $11
RBC Bearings ROLL Sterne Agee Neutral $23
Riverbed Technology RVBD Auriga U.S.A Hold $20
Timken TKR Sterne Agee Buy $25
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods WBD JP Morgan Overweight $70

Coverage Resumed


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Kennametal KMT JP Morgan Underweight
Netflix NFLX Stifel Nicolaus Buy $53

Coverage Reit/Price Tgt Changed*


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Aryx Therapeutics ARYX Wedbush Morgan Buy $7.50 » $8
Ball Corp BLL KeyBanc Capital Mkts Buy $48 » $55
Ceragon CRNT Barclays Capital Equal Weight $4 » $6.50
Corning GLW RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $16 » $17
Emergency Medical Services EMS Longbow Buy $40 » $45
General Mills GIS Stifel Nicolaus Buy $62 » $65
General Mills GIS RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $60 » $64
General Mills GIS Credit Suisse Outperform $62 » $68
Illumina ILMN Deutsche Securities Buy $47 » $40
Illumina ILMN Wedbush Morgan Buy $44 » $39
Illumina ILMN Barclays Capital Overweight $46 » $42
Intl Paper IP UBS Buy $18 » $21
Micros Systems MCRS Brean Murray Buy $25 » $28
Omnicom OMC Credit Suisse Neutral $28 » $35

(a) Brokerage firm initiating coverage participated in underwriting the recent IPO.
(b) Brokerage firm resumes coverage.
(c) Brokerage firm participated in the secondary offering.
* This list of reiterations/target changes is not comprehensive.