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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades RTP, JPM, AMD, AMAT, BAS, GPS, X, APA, DTV…

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:January 22, 2010

Advanced Micro (AMD, News, Press Releases: 9.11 -0.28 -2.98%, yield: N/A, cap: 6.123B, 1yr target: 9.58) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Auriga…
Apache Corp. (APA, News, Press Releases: 101.68 -1.77 -1.71%, yield: 0.58, cap: 34.220B, 1yr target: 119.95) initiated as Sector Underperform at Scotia…
Applied Materials (AMAT, News, Press Releases: 12.49 -0.14 -1.11%, yield: 1.90, cap: 16.777B, 1yr target: 15.94) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Citigroup…
Basic Energy (BAS, News, Press Releases: 8.68 -0.15 -1.70%, yield: N/A, cap: 352.9M, 1yr target: 11.56) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank…
Becton Dickinson (BDX, News, Press Releases: 79.10 -0.29 -0.37%, yield: 1.76, cap: 18.644B, 1yr target: 81.41) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray…
BRE Properties (BRE, News, Press Releases: 36.37 +0.06 +0.17%, yield: 4.65, cap: 2.007B, 1yr target: 28.80) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo…
Del Monte Foods (DLM, News, Press Releases: 14.09 -0.31 -2.15%, yield: 1.32, cap: 2.798B, 1yr target: 15.44) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank…
DirecTV (DTV, News, Press Releases: 33.42 -1.18 -3.41%, yield: N/A, cap: 31.252B, 1yr target: 37.94) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill…
Empire District Electric (EDE, News, Press Releases: 18.25 +0.05 +0.27%, yield: 7.03, cap: 699.0M, 1yr target: 19.00) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies…
Freeport McMoRan (FCX, News, Press Releases: 78.51 -1.76 -2.19%, yield: 0.19, cap: 33.804B, 1yr target: 102.40) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman…
Gap (GPS, News, Press Releases: 23.22 -0.09 -0.39%, yield: 1.46, cap: 15.929B, 1yr target: 24.24) initiated with a Sell at Deutsche Bank…
Genomic Health (GHDX, News, Press Releases: 18.81 -0.08 -0.42%, yield: N/A, cap: 538.6M, 1yr target: 21.92) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray…
GATX Corp. (GMT, News, Press Releases: 29.16 -0.57 -1.92%, yield: 3.77, cap: 1.338B, 1yr target: 28.33) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at JMP Securities…
J2 Global (JCOM, News, Press Releases: 23.98 -0.38 -1.56%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.083B, 1yr target: 25.44) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Morgan Keegan…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM, News, Press Releases: 43.45 -0.19 -0.44%, yield: 0.46, cap: 172.6B, 1yr target: 52.76) upgraded to Buy at Citigroup…
Joy Global (JOYG, News, Press Releases: 55.00 -1.49 -2.64%, yield: 1.24, cap: 5.662B, 1yr target: 66.77) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman…
KLA-Tencor (KLAC, News, Press Releases: 28.79 -0.30 -1.03%, yield: 2.06, cap: 4.954B, 1yr target: 33.93) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Citigroup…
Rio Tinto (RTP, News, Press Releases: 221.85 -5.82 -2.56%, yield: 0.79, cap: 108.7B, 1yr target: 217.61) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC…
Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB, News, Press Releases: 64.32 -0.93 -1.43%, yield: 1.29, cap: 76.965B, 1yr target: 84.23) upgraded to Buy at Calyon…
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (SCR, News, Press Releases: 8.99 +0.20 +2.28%, yield: N/A, cap: 506.7M, 1yr target: 8.06) downgraded to Perform at Oppenheimer…
SLM Corp. (SLM, News, Press Releases: 11.60 -0.67 -5.46%, yield: N/A, cap: 5.626B, 1yr target: 14.00) downgraded to Neutral at Ladenberg Thalmann…
Texas Instruments (TXN, News, Press Releases: 24.36 -0.36 -1.46%, yield: 1.86, cap: 30.252B, 1yr target: 28.17) maintained Sell, raised estimates, at Auriga…
TJX Companies (TJX, News, Press Releases: 42.98 -0.18 -0.42%, yield: 1.11, cap: 18.016B, 1yr target: 45.00) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank…
Novellus (NVLS, News, Press Releases: 23.16 -0.38 -1.61%, yield: N/A, cap: 2.220B, 1yr target: 27.12) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Citigroup…
ProLogis (PLD, News, Press Releases: 14.04 -0.55 -3.77%, yield: 4.11, cap: 6.658B, 1yr target: 12.57) downgraded to Underperform at Wells Fargo…
UnitedHealth Group (UNH, News, Press Releases: 34.39 +0.80 +2.38%, yield: 0.09, cap: 39.808B, 1yr target: 38.07) upgraded to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs…
United States Steel (X, News, Press Releases: 59.24 -0.69 -1.15%, yield: 0.33, cap: 8.493B, 1yr target: 61.90) downgraded to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman Sachs…
Urban Outfitters (URBN, News, Press Releases: 35.60 -0.54 -1.49%, yield: N/A, cap: 6.001B, 1yr target: 39.64) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank…
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH, News, Press Releases: 56.97 -0.47 -0.82%, yield: N/A, cap: 11.553B, 1yr target: 65.62) initiated as Buy at Jefferies…

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