Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations

MOST NOTEWORTHY UPGRADES:

MOST NOTEWORTHY DOWNGRADES:

Bear Stearns downgraded MSC Industrial (NYSE:MSM) shares to Peer Perform from Outperform following yesterday's durable goods data as they believe the U.S. maintenance, repair and overhaul market could modestly slow in the near-term.
Citigroup downgraded shares of Golden Telecom (NASDAQ:GLDN) to Hold from Buy and lowered their target to $105, equal to the takeout offer from VimpelCom.
Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE:CBI) was downgraded to Neutral from Add at Capital One Southcoast.

MOST NOTEWORTHY INITIATIONS:

Lehman Brothers initiated El Paso Pipeline (NYSE:EPB) with an Overweight.
Alliant Techsystems NYSE:ATK) was initiated with a Neutral at Cowen, which said expectations for ATK are high.

Tags: analyst downgrades, analyst initaitions, analyst upgrades, AnalystDowngrades, AnalystInitaitions, AnalystUpgrades, ATK, CBI, EPB, GLDN, MSM

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