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Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades for Wednesday, July 19, 2006

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Upgrades:

	Company/	From/	Jul 18
Ticker	Brokerage	To	Close
(AEIS)	Advanced Energy Industries Inc.	Sell	$12.00
(AEIS)	Stanford Research	Hold
(ALD)	Allied Capital Corporation	Underperform	$27.45
(ALD)	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform
(ANSS)	Ansys, Inc.	Hold	$40.73
(ANSS)	Deutsche Securities	Buy
(BBY)	Best Buy Co. Inc.	Neutral	$44.10
(BBY)	Prudential	Overweight
(BUD)	Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.	Hold	$45.76
(BUD)	Stifel Nicolaus	Buy
(CIT)	CIT Group Inc.	Hold	$51.40
(CIT)	Soleil	Buy
(CMCO)	Columbus Mckinnon Corp.	Neutral	$18.64
(CMCO)	Robert W. Baird	Outperform
(DISH)	EchoStar Communications Corp.	Sell	$32.01
(DISH)	Citigroup	Buy
(EME)	EMCOR Group Inc.	Mkt Perform	$44.05
(EME)	Friedman Billings	Outperform
(ESV)	Ensco International Inc.	Buy	$39.47
(ESV)	Matrix Research	Strong Buy
(FCX)	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.	Underweight	$51.84
(FCX)	Prudential	Neutral
(GOOG)	Google Inc.	Hold	$403.05
(GOOG)	Am Tech/JSA Research	Buy
(HBIO)	Harvard Bioscience Inc.	Peer Perform	$4.25
(HBIO)	Thomas Weisel	Outperform
(ILMN)	Illumina Inc.	Neutral	$28.86
(ILMN)	Global Crown Capital	Overweight
(LCRD)	LaserCard Corp.	Underperform	$12.11
(LCRD)	Miller Johnson	Market Perform
(MGM)	MGM Mirage	Sector Perform	$36.59
(MGM)	CIBC Wrld Mkts	Sector Outperform
(MPWR)	Monolithic Power Systems Inc.	Buy	$9.43
(MPWR)	Wedbush Morgan	Strong Buy
(NOK)	Nokia Corp.	Equal-weight	$18.73
(NOK)	Lehman Brothers	Overweight
(OSUR)	OraSure Technologies Inc.	Underperform	$8.66
(OSUR)	Jefferies & Co	Hold
(PDX)	Pediatrix Medical Group Inc.	Hold	$42.23
(PDX)	Jefferies & Co	Buy
(PENN)	Penn National Gaming Inc.	Sector Perform	$35.25
(PENN)	CIBC Wrld Mkts	Sector Outperform
(SGR)	Shaw Group Inc.	Buy	$21.28
(SGR)	Matrix Research	Strong Buy
(STEC)	Simpletech Inc.	Neutral	$4.50
(STEC)	B. Riley & Co	Buy
(UWN)	Nevada Gold & Casinos Inc.	Neutral	$6.62
(UWN)	Merriman Curhan Ford	Buy
(VIRL)	Virage Logic Corp.	Hold	$8.10
(VIRL)	Deutsche Securities	Buy
(XPRT)	LECG Corp.	Mkt Perform	$16.00
(XPRT)	William Blair	Outperform
(YHOO)	Yahoo! Inc.	Hold	$32.24
(YHOO)	Soleil	Buy

Downgrades:

	Company/	From/	Jul 18
Ticker	Brokerage	To	Close
(AGP)	AMERIGROUP Corp.	Hold	$29.00
(AGP)	Matrix Research	Sell
(CGNX)	Cognex Corp.	Outperform	$23.75
(CGNX)	Robert W. Baird	Neutral
(CNX)	CONSOL Energy Inc.	Buy	$42.15
(CNX)	AG Edwards	Hold
(CSH)	Cash America International Inc.	Buy	$37.13
(CSH)	Ferris Baker Watts	Neutral
(DENN)	Denny's Corp.	Strong Buy	$3.41
(DENN)	CL King	Neutral
(DTAS)	Digitas Inc.	Outperform	$10.23
(DTAS)	Piper Jaffray	Market Perform
(FRX)	Forest Laboratories Inc.	Overweight	$42.57
(FRX)	HSBC Securities	Neutral
(JBHT)	JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.	Hold	$22.81
(JBHT)	AG Edwards	Sell
(JBHT)	JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.	Outperform	$22.81
(JBHT)	Robert W. Baird	Neutral
(MIG)	Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc.	Buy	$10.24
(MIG)	Ferris Baker Watts	Neutral
(NTES)	Netease.com Inc.	Positive	$20.21
(NTES)	Susquehanna Financial	Neutral
(TOFC)	Tower Financial Corp.	Long-term Buy	$18.75
(TOFC)	Hilliard Lyons	Neutral
(WBD)	Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC	Buy	$38.50
(WBD)	UBS	Neutral
(WYNN)	Wynn Resorts Ltd.	Sector Outperform	$70.34
(WYNN)	CIBC Wrld Mkts	Sector Perform
(YHOO)	Yahoo! Inc.	Buy	$32.24
(YHOO)	Rochdale Securities	Hold
(YHOO)	Yahoo! Inc.	Buy	$32.24
(YHOO)	Deutsche Securities	Hold
(YHOO)	Yahoo! Inc.	Overweight	$32.24
(YHOO)	JP Morgan	Neutral

Coverage Inititated:

	Company/		Jul 18
Ticker	Brokerage	Rating	Close
(ABD)	ACCO Brands Corporation	Neutral	$19.66
(ABD)	Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey
(ANH)	Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.	Outperform	$7.93
(ANH)	Keefe Bruyette
(ARTC)	Arthrocare Corp.	Outperform	$39.40
(ARTC)	Thomas Weisel
(AVP)	Avon Products Inc.	Outperform	$30.94
(AVP)	Credit Suisse
(BMRN)	BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.	Neutral	$14.35
(BMRN)	Prudential
(BSTE)	Biosite Incorporated	Buy	$44.82
(BSTE)	Rochdale Securities
(CAE)	Cascade Corp.	Mkt Outperform	$36.35
(CAE)	Rodman & Renshaw
(CBG)	CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.	Outperform	$22.88
(CBG)	Credit Suisse
(CBL)	CBL & Associates Properties Inc.	Buy	$38.87
(CBL)	UBS
(CCRN)	Cross Country Healthcare Inc.	Strong Sell	$17.55
(CCRN)	Matrix Research
(CMCO)	Columbus Mckinnon Corp.	Mkt Outperform	$18.64
(CMCO)	Rodman & Renshaw
(DDR)	Developers Diversified Realty Corp.	Buy	$52.75
(DDR)	UBS
(EL)	Estee Lauder Companies Inc.	Neutral	$37.07
(EL)	Credit Suisse
(FORM)	FormFactor Inc.	Outperform	$42.08
(FORM)	Cowen & Co
(GOT)	Gottschalks Inc.	Accumulate	$7.79
(GOT)	CL King
(HWK)	Hawk Corp.	Mkt Outperform	$11.95
(HWK)	Rodman & Renshaw
(INFA)	Informatica Corp.	Overweight	$11.88
(INFA)	Lehman Brothers
(KV.A)	KV Pharmaceutical Co.	Neutral	$17.08
(KV.A)	JP Morgan
(KWK)	Quicksilver Resources Inc.	Buy	$31.59
(KWK)	CapitalOne southcoast
(MFE)	McAfee Inc.	Outperform	$23.00
(MFE)	Wachovia
(NXTM)	Nxstage Medical, Inc.	Buy	$7.66
(NXTM)	MDB Capital Group
(PRX)	Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc.	Neutral	$14.12
(PRX)	JP Morgan
(REV)	Revlon Inc.	Neutral	$1.16
(REV)	Credit Suisse
(SIMO)	Silicon Motion Technology Corp.	Buy	$12.19
(SIMO)	Oppenheimer
(SPWR)	SunPower Corporation	Buy	$24.03
(SPWR)	Needham & Co
(SYMC)	Symantec Corp.	Mkt Perform	$15.17
(SYMC)	Wachovia
(WBSN)	Websense Inc.	Mkt Perform	$18.02
(WBSN)	Wachovia
(WPI)	Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Underweight	$21.95
(WPI)	JP Morgan