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By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:January 27, 2010

Agrium (AGU, News, Press Releases: 70.34 -0.37 -0.52%, yield: 0.16, cap: 11.043B, 1yr target: 74.12) reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill…
Allis-Chalmers Energy (ALY, News, Press Releases: 3.89 -0.04 -1.02%, yield: N/A, cap: 276.1M, 1yr target: 5.63) downgraded to Neutral, $4.50 target, at Macquarie..
AK Steel (AKS, News, Press Releases: 22.05 -0.59 -2.61%, yield: 0.88, cap: 2.423B, 1yr target: 25.67) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman…
Amazon.com (AMZN, News, Press Releases: 130.35 -2.41 -1.82%, yield: N/A, cap: 57.947B, 1yr target: 161.96) upgraded to Buy from Hold, $155 target, at Kaufman Bros…
A.O. Smith (AOS, News, Press Releases: 49.14 -0.51 -1.03%, yield: 1.56, cap: 1.501B, 1yr target: 54.80) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, at Ladenburg Thalmann
Artio Global (ART, News, Press Releases: 23.22 -0.48 -2.03%, yield: 0.25, cap: 1.033B, 1yr target: 27.80) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, $30 target, at BofA/Merrill…
Best Buy (BBY, News, Press Releases: 40.99 +0.54 +1.33%, yield: 1.38, cap: 17.135B, 1yr target: 45.90) upgraded to Buy at Rochdale Securities…
British Sky Broadcasting (BSY, News, Press Releases: 35.26 -0.59 -1.65%, yield: 3.10, cap: 15.356B, 1yr target: 51.16) downgraded to Neutral at BNP Paribas…
Cooper Industries (CBE, News, Press Releases: 45.99 -1.05 -2.23%, yield: 2.17, cap: 7.688B, 1yr target: 50.67) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, at UBS…
Consolidated Edison (ED, News, Press Releases: 44.30 -0.03 -0.07%, yield: 5.33, cap: 12.464B, 1yr target: 43.67) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $44 target, at BofA/Merrill…
CTC Media (CTCM, News, Press Releases: 15.68 +0.13 +0.84%, yield: 0.42, cap: 2.418B, 1yr target: 18.40) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS…
DeVry (DV, News, Press Releases: 67.28 +0.02 +0.03%, yield: 0.27, cap: 4.788B, 1yr target: 71.00) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral, $72 target, at RW Baird…
Eni SpA (E, News, Press Releases: 46.27 -0.74 -1.57%, yield: 6.57, cap: 33.522B, 1yr target: 51.68) downgraded to Underperform at BNP Paribas…
Haliburton (HAL, News, Press Releases: 30.50 -1.08 -3.42%, yield: 1.14, cap: 27.605B, 1yr target: 41.20) downgraded to Neutral, $36 target, at Macquarie…
Hawaiian Electric Industries (HS, News, Press Releases: 18.65 -0.14 -0.75%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.074B, 1yr target: 19.67) downgraded to Underperform, $19 target, at Bank of America…
Human Genome Sciences (HGSI, News, Press Releases: 30.76 -0.69 -2.19%, yield: N/A, cap: 5.076B, 1yr target: 35.50) initiated as Outperform at RBC Capital…
Helmerich & Payne (HP, News, Press Releases: 38.03 -0.85 -2.19%, yield: 0.51, cap: 4.020B, 1yr target: 49.61) downgraded to Neutral, $47 target, at Macquarie…
Intrepid Potash (IPI, News, Press Releases: 30.04 -0.68 -2.21%, yield: N/A, cap: 2.254B, 1yr target: 29.62) reinstated with an Underperform at BofA/Merrill…
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, News, Press Releases: 65.11 +0.05 +0.08%, yield: 3.01, cap: 179.2B, 1yr target: 71.00) upgraded to Outperform, $75 target, at Leerink Swann…
Kraft Foods (KFT, News, Press Releases: 29.63 -0.20 -0.67%, yield: 3.89, cap: 43.834B, 1yr target: 33.18) upgraded to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus…
Magnum Hunter (MHR, News, Press Releases: 2.96 +0.01 +0.34%, yield: N/A, cap: 155.8M, 1yr target: 3.44) initiated as Buy at Global Hunter…
McGraw-Hill (MHP, News, Press Releases: 35.77 -0.33 -0.91%, yield: 2.52, cap: 11.292B, 1yr target: 41.57) upgraded to Buy, $42 target, at Benchmark…
McKesson (MCK, News, Press Releases: 64.07 +0.76 +1.20%, yield: 0.76, cap: 17.260B, 1yr target: 70.13) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform, $55-65 target, at Leerink…
Molex (MOLX, News, Press Releases: 21.09 +0.04 +0.19%, yield: 2.91, cap: 3.665B, 1yr target: 24.32) upgraded to Buy, $26 target, at Ticonderoga Securities…
Moody’s (MCO, News, Press Releases: 29.66 0.00 0.00%, yield: 1.37, cap: 7.026B, 1yr target: 32.50) upgraded to Buy, $33 target, at Benchmark…
Morgan Stanley (MS, News, Press Releases: 29.63 -0.45 -1.50%, yield: 0.72, cap: 41.425B, 1yr target: 36.45) upgraded to Outperform at William Blair…
Mosaic (MOS, News, Press Releases: 58.42 -1.14 -1.91%, yield: 0.34, cap: 26.006B, 1yr target: 68.26) reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill…
Nabors (NBR, News, Press Releases: 19.88 -0.75 -3.64%, yield: N/A, cap: 5.659B, 1yr target: 27.19) downgraded to Neutral, $25 target, at Macquarie…
Nam Tai Electronics (NTE, News, Press Releases: 5.27 +0.27 +5.40%, yield: N/A, cap: 236.1M, 1yr target: 7.00) downgraded to Neutral at Ticonderoga Securities…
Oceaneering Int’l (OII, News, Press Releases: 61.53 -2.15 -3.38%, yield: N/A, cap: 3.379B, 1yr target: 68.31) upgraded to Outperform, $70 target, at Macquaire…
Potash (POT, News, Press Releases: 121.16 -1.72 -1.40%, yield: 0.33, cap: 35.875B, 1yr target: 126.59) reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill…
Qlogic (QLGC, News, Press Releases: 19.85 -0.40 -1.98%, yield: N/A, cap: 2.261B, 1yr target: 22.03) upgraded to Buy at Canaccord Adams…
Repsol (REP, News, Press Releases: 24.14 -0.22 -0.90%, yield: 5.64, cap: 29.234B, 1yr target: 30.92) upgraded to Equalweight at Barclays…
Spartan Stores (SPTN, News, Press Releases: 14.60 +0.01 +0.07%, yield: 1.37, cap: 317.6M, 1yr target: 15.75) upgraded to Outperform, $17 target, at BMO Capital…
Superior Well Services (SWSI, News, Press Releases: 14.70 -0.97 -6.19%, yield: N/A, cap: 454.3M, 1yr target: 18.44) downgraded to Neutral, $20 target, at Macquaire…
Time Warner (TWX, News, Press Releases: 31.24 +0.08 +0.26%, yield: 23.69, cap: 35.933B, 1yr target: 34.09) initiated as Outperform at RBC Capital…
U.S. Auto Parts (PRTS, News, Press Releases: 7.56 +0.06 +0.80%, yield: N/A, cap: 226.0M, 1yr target: 7.45) initiated as Buy at Merriman…
US Steel (X, News, Press Releases: 59.24 -0.69 -1.15%, yield: 0.33, cap: 8.493B, 1yr target: 60.80) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $55 target, at Goldman…
Viewpoint Financial (VPFG, News, Press Releases: 16.02 +0.03 +0.19%, yield: 1.25, cap: 385.4M, 1yr target: 16.33) upgraded to Outperform, $17 target, at KBW…
Verizon (VZ, News, Press Releases: 30.41 +0.11 +0.36%, yield: 6.17, cap: 86.234B, 1yr target: 32.81) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform, $34 target, at FBR Capital…
Virgin Media (VMED, News, Press Releases: 16.79 -0.50 -2.89%, yield: 0.93, cap: 5.531B, 1yr target: 20.66) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $17.50 target, at BofA/Merrill…
Whitney Holdings (WTNY, News, Press Releases: 13.71 +0.02 +0.15%, yield: 0.29, cap: 1.212B, 1yr target: 13.06) upgraded to Buy, $16 target, at Wunderlich Securities…
ZAGG (ZAGG, News, Press Releases: 2.94 -0.08 -2.65%, yield: N/A, cap: 63.8M, 1yr target: 5.50) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Merriman…
WNS Holdings (WNS, News, Press Releases: 12.26 +0.46 +3.90%, yield: N/A, cap: 531.0M, 1yr target: 16.87) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $16 target, at BofA/Merrill…

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