Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades for Thursday July 27, 2006

July 27, 2006 | about: AEA / AET / AKAM / ANF / ASPM / ASVI / ATML / BDK / BLS / BOBJ / CA / CHE / CHK / DIS / DOX / EMCI / EOG / FDX / GSIC / HAN / HLIT / HOTT / KOSP / KVA / KWK / LSS / LTD / LUV / MCRL / MDG / MMSI / NTBK / NVTL / NXG / NXST / PGNX / PLMD / QUIK / REGN / RJF / ROK / SCRX / STFC / SYMC / T / TINY / TWB / UGI / WAB / WSM / XTO / ZRAN

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

Upgrades:

	Company/	From/	Jul 26
Ticker	Brokerage	To	Close
(AKAM)	Akamai Technologies Inc.	Neutral	$30.00
(AKAM)	Prudential	Overweight
(AKAM)	Akamai Technologies Inc.	Neutral	$30.00
(AKAM)	Merriman Curhan Ford	Buy
(AKAM)	Akamai Technologies Inc.	Market Perform	$30.00
(AKAM)	Piper Jaffray	Outperform
(ASVI)	A.S.V. Inc.	Hold	$17.39
(ASVI)	Matrix Research	Buy
(ATML)	Atmel Corp.	Strong Sell	$4.32
(ATML)	Matrix Research	Sell
(BLS)	BellSouth Corp.	Neutral	$38.42
(BLS)	HSBC Securities	Overweight
(BOBJ)	Business Objects SA	Neutral	$20.82
(BOBJ)	Credit Suisse	Outperform
(BOBJ)	Business Objects SA	Buy	$20.82
(BOBJ)	First Albany	Strong Buy
(CHE)	Chemed Corp.	Hold	$33.92
(CHE)	Deutsche Securities	Buy
(CHK)	Chesapeake Energy Corp.	Neutral	$31.16
(CHK)	JP Morgan	Overweight
(GSIC)	GSI Commerce Inc.	Equal-weight	$12.90
(GSIC)	Morgan Stanley	Overweight
(GSIC)	GSI Commerce Inc.	Peer Perform	$12.90
(GSIC)	Bear Stearns	Outperform
(HAN)	Hanson plc	Hold	$59.95
(HAN)	Citigroup	Buy
(HLIT)	Harmonic Inc.	Neutral	$4.25
(HLIT)	Merriman Curhan Ford	Buy
(HOTT)	Hot Topic Inc.	Hold	$13.75
(HOTT)	BB&T Capital Mkts	Buy
(KVA)	KV Pharmaceutical Co.	Hold	$18.36
(KVA)	Deutsche Securities	Buy
(LUV)	Southwest Airlines Co.	Hold	$17.85
(LUV)	Matrix Research	Buy
(MCRL)	Micrel Inc.	Sell	$8.78
(MCRL)	Deutsche Securities	Hold
(NVTL)	Novatel Wireless Inc.	Neutral	$11.96
(NVTL)	Merriman Curhan Ford	Buy
(NXG)	Northgate Minerals Corp.	Neutral	$3.67
(NXG)	UBS	Buy
(PLMD)	PolyMedica Corp.	Neutral	$38.15
(PLMD)	Oppenheimer	Buy
(RJF)	Raymond James Financial Inc.	Underperform	$27.22
(RJF)	Keefe Bruyette	Mkt Perform
(ROK)	Rockwell Automation Inc.	Mkt Perform	$60.50
(ROK)	Friedman Billings	Outperform
(SYMC)	Symantec Corp.	Hold	$15.80
(SYMC)	Soleil	Buy
(T)	AT&T Inc.	Neutral	$29.50
(T)	HSBC Securities	Overweight
(TIN)	Temple-Inland Inc.	Hold	$41.82
(TIN)	Citigroup	Buy
(WAB)	Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.	Buy	$25.26
(WAB)	Matrix Research	Strong Buy
(ZRAN)	Zoran Corp.	Strong Sell	$14.77
(ZRAN)	Matrix Research	Sell

Downgrades:

	Company/	From/	Jul 26
Ticker	Brokerage	To	Close
(AEA)	Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc.	Buy	$17.90
(AEA)	Jefferies & Co	Hold
(AEA)	Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc.	Mkt Outperform	$17.90
(AEA)	JMP Securities	Mkt Perform
(AET)	Aetna Inc.	Outperform	$39.96
(AET)	Bear Stearns	Peer Perform
(ANF)	Abercrombie & Fitch Co.	Outperform	$52.18
(ANF)	Wachovia	Mkt Perform
(ASPM)	Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.	Mkt Outperform	$15.02
(ASPM)	Rodman & Renshaw	Mkt Perform
(BDK)	Black & Decker Corp.	Overweight	$71.15
(BDK)	JP Morgan	Neutral
(DOX)	Amdocs Ltd.	Buy	$37.75
(DOX)	ICAP	Neutral
(EMCI)	EMC Insurance Group Inc.	Mkt Perform	$30.70
(EMCI)	Keefe Bruyette	Underperform
(FDX)	FedEx Corporation	Outperform	$106.66
(FDX)	Bear Stearns	Peer Perform
(LSS)	Lone Star Technologies Inc.	Outperform	$47.04
(LSS)	Bear Stearns	Peer Perform
(LSS)	Lone Star Technologies Inc.	Buy	$47.04
(LSS)	Jefferies & Co	Hold
(MDG)	Meridian Gold Inc.	Sector Outperform	$27.68
(MDG)	CIBC Wrld Mkts	Sector Perform
(MMSI)	Merit Medical Systems Inc.	Sector Outperform	$13.82
(MMSI)	CIBC Wrld Mkts	Sector Perform
(NTBK)	NetBank Inc.	Outperform	$5.69
(NTBK)	Keefe Bruyette	Mkt Perform
(NXST)	Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc.	Outperform	$4.40
(NXST)	Bear Stearns	Underperform
(QUIK)	QuickLogic Corp.	Buy	$4.04
(QUIK)	Jefferies & Co	Hold
(SCRX)	Sciele Pharma Inc.	Buy	$21.54
(SCRX)	Deutsche Securities	Hold
(STFC)	State Auto Financial Corp.	Buy	$32.16
(STFC)	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold
(UGI)	UGI Corp.	Buy	$25.64
(UGI)	Janney Mntgmy Scott	Neutral
(XTO)	XTO Energy Inc.	Overweight	$46.11
(XTO)	JP Morgan	Neutral

Coverage Inititated:

	Company/		Jul 26
Ticker	Brokerage	Rating	Close
(CA)	CA, Inc.	Sector Perform	$20.34
(CA)	RBC Capital Mkts
(DIS)	Walt Disney Co.	Overweight	$29.34
(DIS)	JP Morgan
(EOG)	EOG Resources, Inc.	Underweight	$71.83
(EOG)	JP Morgan
(KOSP)	KOS Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Overweight	$40.35
(KOSP)	Prudential
(KWK)	Quicksilver Resources Inc.	Neutral	$34.39
(KWK)	JP Morgan
(LTD)	Limited Brands Inc.	Outperform	$24.67
(LTD)	Wachovia
(PGNX)	Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Sector Perform	$21.89
(PGNX)	RBC Capital Mkts
(REGN)	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Outperform	$12.66
(REGN)	RBC Capital Mkts
(TWB)	Tween Brands, Inc.	Outperform	$35.36
(TWB)	Wachovia
(WSM)	Williams-Sonoma Inc.	Sector Perform	$32.24
(WSM)	RBC Capital Mkts