Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades for Monday July 24, 2006

The following analyst upgrades/downgrades have been reported as of 9 AM

Upgrades:

	Company/	From/	Jul 21
Ticker	Brokerage	To	Close
(ASCA)	Ameristar Casinos Inc.	Hold	$16.96
	Morgan Joseph	Buy
(AVD)	American Vanguard Corp.	Sell	$13.68
	Matrix Research	Hold
(B)	Barnes Group Inc.	Hold	$16.28
	Matrix Research	Buy
(BCGI)	Boston Communications Group Inc.	Sell	$4.01
	Kaufman Bros	Hold
(CHRT)	Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.	Sell	$6.75
	Citigroup	Buy
(CSR)	Credit Suisse Group	Neutral	$51.11
	JP Morgan	Overweight
(DELL)	Dell Inc.	Hold	$19.91
	Citigroup	Buy
(GSIC)	GSI Commerce Inc.	Hold	$12.39
	Needham & Co	Buy
(LYO)	Lyondell Chemical Co.	Neutral	$21.10
	JP Morgan	Overweight
(MAFB)	MAF Bancorp Inc.	Sell	$41.01
	Sandler O'Neill	Hold
(MDCC)	Molecular Devices Corp.	Underperform	$22.31
	Infinium Securities	Outperform
(PDLI)	PDL BioPharma Inc.	Hold	$16.51
	Deutsche Securities	Buy
(PRSP)	Prosperity Bancshares Inc.	Hold	$31.94
	Stifel Nicolaus	Buy
(SYNA)	Synaptics Inc.	Neutral	$19.58
	Cowen & Co	Outperform
(TIF)	Tiffany & Co.	Mkt Perform	$30.47
	JMP Securities	Mkt Outperform

Downgrades:

	Company/	From/	Jul 21
Ticker	Brokerage	To	Close
(BBBY)	Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.	Buy	$32.62
	Matrix Research	Hold
(BEC)	Beckman Coulter Inc.	Sell	$55.62
	Matrix Research	Strong Sell
(BPT)	BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	Hold	$85.24
	AG Edwards	Sell
(CLP)	Colonial Properties Trust	Outperform	$49.06
	Wachovia	Mkt Perform
(CSG)	Corporate Synergy Group plc	Neutral	$0.40
	JP Morgan	Underweight
(EQR)	Equity Residential	Outperform	$44.95
	Wachovia	Mkt Perform
(ERICY)	LM Ericsson Telephone Co.	Outperform	$31.06
	Bear Stearns	Peer Perform
(FDC)	First Data Corp.	Outperform	$41.76
	Piper Jaffray	Market Perform
(FTI)	FMC Technologies Inc.	Overweight	$63.27
	JP Morgan	Neutral
(HAL)	Halliburton Co.	Buy	$30.04
	Calyon Securities	Add
(MSN)	Emerson Radio Corp.	Buy	$3.10
	Ferris Baker Watts	Neutral
(PPBI)	Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc.	Outperform	$11.88
	Friedman Billings	Mkt Perform
(PRTR)	Partners Trust Financial Group Inc.	Mkt Perform	$10.95
	Ryan, Beck & Co	Underperform
(SUG)	Southern Union Co.	Buy	$27.45
	Calyon Securities	Add
(TMK)	Torchmark Corp.	Overweight	$62.08
	Lehman Brothers	Equal-weight
(WY)	Weyerhaeuser Co.	Overweight	$55.35
	Morgan Stanley	Equal-weight

Coverage Inititated:

	Company/		Jul 21
Ticker	Brokerage	Rating	Close
(ASPM)	Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.	Outperform	$16.64
	Cowen & Co
(CLZR)	Candela Corp.	Outperform	$14.22
	Cowen & Co
(GSK)	Glaxosmithkline plc	Neutral	$27.72
	Cowen & Co
(JCG)	J Crew Group Inc.	Sector Outperform	$25.40
	CIBC Wrld Mkts
(MOGN)	MGI Pharma Inc.	Strong Buy	$14.68
	Matrix Research
(STEC)	Simpletech Inc.	Sector Outperform	$5.05
	CIBC Wrld Mkts
(VRGY)	Verigy Ltd.	Neutral	$14.33
	Goldman Sachs
(WIN)	Windstream Corporation	Neutral	$11.65
	Goldman Sachs

Data: Briefing.com, CapitalIQ