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By Germaine Lombardo for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:February 9, 2010

Air Products (APD, News, Press Releases: 74.56 -0.10 -0.13%, yield: 2.41, cap: 15.818B, 1yr target: 89.47) downgraded to Hold from Buy, $73 target, at Citigroup…
BioMarin (BMRN, News, Press Releases: 23.02 -0.79 -3.32%, yield: N/A, cap: 2.328B, 1yr target: 23.68) upgraded to Buy from Hold, $23 target, at Roth Capital…
BS Business Parks (PSB, News, Press Releases: 52.37 +0.31 +0.60%, yield: 4.23, cap: 1.278B, 1yr target: 52.00) upgraded to Outperform, $50 target, at Baird…
Caterpillar (CAT, News, Press Releases: 60.36 +1.46 +2.48%, yield: 2.85, cap: 37.708B, 1yr target: 62.50) upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley…
Complete Production (CPX, News, Press Releases: 14.19 -0.13 -0.91%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.067B, 1yr target: 18.63) initiated as Buy at Deutsche Bank…
EXCO Resources (XCO, News, Press Releases: 19.63 +0.41 +2.13%, yield: 0.42, cap: 4.163B, 1yr target: 26.23) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, $25 target, at Goldman…
Fortinet (FTNT, News, Press Releases: 16.34 -0.03 -0.18%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.099B, 1yr target: 21.50) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral, $20 target, at JP Morgan…
GameStop (GME, News, Press Releases: 19.21 -0.14 -0.72%, yield: N/A, cap: 3.165B, 1yr target: 25.10) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse…
Hasbro (HAS, News, Press Releases: 38.20 +0.11 +0.29%, yield: 2.10, cap: 5.209B, 1yr target: 40.62) reiterated Buy, target raised to $43 from $40, at KeyBanc…
Hanesbrands (HBI, News, Press Releases: 27.09 -0.03 -0.11%, yield: N/A, cap: 2.584B, 1yr target: 30.20) initiated as Buy at Sterne Agee…
Hess Corp (HES, News, Press Releases: 61.26 +0.31 +0.51%, yield: 0.66, cap: 19.865B, 1yr target: 71.07) initiated as Buy at Calyon…
Ingersoll-Rand (IR, News, Press Releases: 34.81 +0.09 +0.26%, yield: 1.12, cap: 11.177B, 1yr target: 38.80) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley…
Lamar Advertising (LAMR, News, Press Releases: 34.32 +0.81 +2.42%, yield: N/A, cap: 3.156B, 1yr target: 30.71) upgraded to Outperform, $40-$42 target, at Wells Fargo…
Louisiana Pacific (LPX, News, Press Releases: 8.44 -0.04 -0.47%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.071B, 1yr target: 7.73) upgraded to Sell from Conviction Sell at Goldman…
Kennametal (KMT, News, Press Releases: 29.85 +0.35 +1.19%, yield: 1.63, cap: 2.434B, 1yr target: 30.63) added to Conviction Sell List, $21 target, at Goldman…
Mindspeed (MSPD, News, Press Releases: 8.33 +0.02 +0.24%, yield: N/A, cap: 242.6M, 1yr target: 8.74) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Brigantine…
Monsanto (MON, News, Press Releases: 72.35 +0.74 +1.03%, yield: 1.48, cap: 39.479B, 1yr target: 91.27) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, $96 target, at BofA/Merrill…
PetSmart (PETM, News, Press Releases: 30.95 -0.18 -0.58%, yield: 1.06, cap: 3.713B, 1yr target: 31.25) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral, $29 target, at Credit Suisse…
PetroChina (PTR, News, Press Releases: 118.87 -0.77 -0.64%, yield: 3.35, cap: 215.7B, 1yr target: 127.00) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman…
Rockwell (ROK, News, Press Releases: 55.36 -0.48 -0.86%, yield: 2.08, cap: 7.903B, 1yr target: 55.25) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley…
Royal Dutch Shell [[RDS.A]] upgraded to Overweight at HSBC…
SAP AG (SAP, News, Press Releases: 46.05 +0.10 +0.22%, yield: 1.47, cap: 54.753B, 1yr target: 46.18) upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at FBR Capital…
Sierra Wireless (SWIR, News, Press Releases: 8.28 -0.09 -1.08%, yield: N/A, cap: N/A, 1yr target: 11.96) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital…
SolarWinds (SWI, News, Press Releases: 21.22 +0.41 +1.97%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.433B, 1yr target: 25.64) upgraded to Buy, $27 target, at Noble Financial…
SonicWALL (SNWL, News, Press Releases: 8.82 -0.09 -1.01%, yield: N/A, cap: 478.4M, 1yr target: 10.14) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral, $10 target, at JP Morgan…
Terremark (TMRK, News, Press Releases: 7.77 -0.23 -2.88%, yield: N/A, cap: 505.1M, 1yr target: 9.10) downgraded to Hold from Buy, $8 target, at Jefferies…
Time Warner (TWC, News, Press Releases: 48.57 -0.32 -0.65%, yield: 0.82, cap: 17.124B, 1yr target: 53.70) initiated as Hold at Needham…
Verizon (VZ, News, Press Releases: 29.73 -0.11 -0.37%, yield: 6.27, cap: 84.306B, 1yr target: 32.73) upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein…
VF Corp (VFC, News, Press Releases: 79.63 -0.17 -0.21%, yield: 2.98, cap: 8.806B, 1yr target: 84.46) initiated as Neutral at Sterne Agee…
WABCO Holdings (WBC, News, Press Releases: 29.21 +0.71 +2.49%, yield: N/A, cap: 1.872B, 1yr target: 32.50) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral, $31 target, at JP Morgan…

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