Upgrades/Downgrades by sector:

Foods:

• HSY - price target raised to $62 at STFL
  

IT / Tech:

• BRCM - target down $20 to $33 at Jefferies
  
• CIBC says that YHOO is not as attractive as GOOG at present levels
  
• INTU - initiated with a buy at Smith-Barney
  

Biotech:

• GILD - Piper believes this is a buying opportunity
  
• AMGN - CIBC would be buyers at these levels
  

Aerospace

• ORB Orbital Sciences Kaufman Bros Price Target raised Hold $16 to $18
  

Business Services

• DTAS Digitas Matrix Research Upgraded from Hold to Strong Buy
  
• EFX Equifax Keefe Bruyette Upgraded from Mkt Perform to Outperform
  
• XPRT LECG Corp Matrix Research Downgraded from Buy to Hold
  

Computer Hardware

• AVID Avid Tech Roth Capital Downgraded from Buy to Hold $50 to $41
  
• FFIV downgraded to Accumulate from Buy, target $53 at THNK
  
• FFIV F5 Networks Kaufman Bros Downgraded from Buy to Hold
  
• TER Teradyne AG Edwards Downgraded from Buy to Hold
  

Computer Services

• NTES Netease.com JP Morgan Downgraded from Overweight to Neutral $25
  

Computer Software

• COGN Cognos ICAP Upgraded from Sell to Buy $25 to $35
  
• CTXS Citrix Systems Goldman Sachs Upgraded from Neutral to Buy $40
  
• HYSL Hyperion Solutions Credit Suisse Downgraded from Outperform to Neutral
  
• HYSL Hyperion Solutions Roth Capital Upgraded from Hold to Buy $36 to $38
  
• INFA Informatica Goldman Sachs Upgraded from Sell to Neutral $12.50
  
• INFA Informatica Maxim Group Upgraded from Hold to Buy $16
  
• YHOO Yahoo! Matrix Research Upgraded from Hold to Buy
  

Healthcare

• AMSG AmSurg Deutsche Securities Upgraded from Sell to Hold $21
  
• NOVA Novamed Deutsche Securities Upgraded from Hold to Buy
  
• AMLN Amylin Pharms Lehman Brothers Downgraded from Overweight to Equal-weight
  

Homebuilders

• MDC MDC Holdings JMP Securities Downgraded from Mkt Perform to Mkt Underper $35
  

Household Goods

• KMB Kimberly-Clark Prudential Downgraded from Neutral to Underweight $65 to $60
  

Industrial Equipment

• B Barnes Group Robert W. Baird Upgraded from Neutral to Outperform $20
  
• BUCY Bucyrus Stifel Nicolaus Upgraded from Hold to Buy $56
  
• IEX IDEX Corp Friedman Billings Upgraded from Mkt Perform to Outperform
  

Insurance

• RLI RLI Corp Stifel Nicolaus Upgraded from Hold to Buy $45
  

Major Pharmaceutical

• GTXI GTX HSBC Securities Initiated at Overweight $16
  

Manufacturing

• CBE Morgan Stanley Price Target raised $97
  
• SPWR Sunpower Needham & Co Upgraded from Buy to Strong Buy $36 to $48
  
• SPWR Sunpower Thomas Weisel Upgraded from Peer Perform to Outperform
  

Motor Vehicles

• GNTX Gentex Citigroup Upgraded from Sell to Hold
  

Oil and Gas

• WFT - reiterated Buy at Jefferies with $65 price target
  
• DO Diamond Offshore AG Edwards Upgraded from Hold to Buy $96
  

Paper and Packaging

• CCK Crown Hldgs Citigroup Initiated at Buy
  
• SLGN Silgan Holdings Citigroup Initiated at Buy $45
  

Personal Services

• BFAM Bright Horiz Family Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Upgraded from Reduce to Neutral
  
• CTAS Cintas Matrix Research Upgraded from Hold to Buy
  

Regional Banks

• ASBC Assoc Banc-Corp Oppenheimer Upgraded from Sell to Neutral
  
• BBX BankAtlantic Bear Stearns Downgraded from Outperform to Peer Perform
  
• BKMU Bank Mutual Ryan, Beck & Co Price Target raised Outperform $13 to $13.25
  
• CMA Comerica Ryan, Beck & Co Price Target raised Outperform $62 to $65
  
• FBC Flagstar Bancorp Oppenheimer Downgraded from Buy to Neutral
  
• STBA S & T Bancorp Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Downgraded from Buy to Neutral
  
• ZION Zions Bancorp Friedman Billings Upgraded from Mkt Perform to Outperform
  
• ZION Zions Bancorp Sandler O'Neill Upgraded from Hold to Buy
  

REITs

• TMA Thornburg Mortg Credit Suisse Downgraded from Neutral to Underperform $26 to $23
  
• TMA Thornburg Mortg Friedman Billings Downgraded from Mkt Perform to Underperform
  

Retail Trade

• ACMR AC Moore Oppenheimer Downgraded from Buy to Neutral
  
• SHW Sherwin-Williams JP Morgan Upgraded from Neutral to Overweight
  
• UAG United Auto JP Morgan Initiated at Overweight
  

Savings & Loan

• WSFS WSFS Financial Friedman Billings Upgraded from Mkt Perform to Outperform $66
  

Security Systems

• JCI Johnson Controls Calyon Securities Upgraded from Neutral to Buy $78 to $90
  
• JCI Johnson Controls Deutsche Securities Upgraded from Hold to Buy $90
  
• JCI Johnson Controls Morgan Stanley Upgraded from Equal-weight to Overweight
  

Semiconductors

• KLAC KLA-Tencor Merriman Curhan Ford Downgraded from Buy to Neutral
  
• LTXX LTX Corp Merriman Curhan Ford Downgraded from Buy to Neutral
  
• SWKS Skyworks Charter Equity Downgraded from Mkt Perform to Mkt Underper
  
• SWKS Skyworks Piper Jaffray Downgraded from Outperform to Market Perform $8 to $5
  
• UTEK Ultratech Brean Murray Downgraded from Accumulate to Hold $22 to $16.50
  
• UTEK Ultratech JP Morgan Upgraded from Underweight to Neutral
  

Steel and Iron Mining

• RS Reliance Steel CIBC Wrld Mkts Upgraded from Sector Perform to Sector Outperform
  

Telecommunications

• CELL Brightpoint Deutsche Securities Upgraded from Hold to Buy $20 to $17.50
  

Utilities

• AYE Allegheny Energy AG Edwards Upgraded from Hold to Buy $45
  

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