Today was one of those days that felt as though it was another mini-disaster. Another 600,000 weekly jobless claims were coming to roost. A late day note that the Obama administration was ready to subsidize troubled houses with partial buy-downs of loans to avoid repossession helped to bring on a recovery. While this is far from set in stone and far from being "a done deal" it created a monster to save to otherwise nasty trading day. If you were here all but the last hour it would have been just another miserable day. Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:DJIA: 7932.76, -6.77, -0.09%
S&P500: 835.19, +11.45, +0.17%
NASDAQ: 1541.71, +11.21, +0.73%
Top Analyst Upgrades
Top Analyst Downgrades
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) took a beating after lowering targets to 2009 revenue of $830 to $952 million, under analyst estimates of $993.8 million. The company already cut its revenue projections by more than 20% in November. Here is what we see as the problems in solar energy right now. Shares were off by 16% at $2.51 right before the close.
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) posted earnings of $0.64 EPS vs. $0.61 estimates, although there is a question on revenues. North American case volume was down 3%. This chart was right at a 5-year low, so shares rallied more. This was up almost 7% at $44.04 right before the close.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) was one of the few winning stocks today. The drug giant was raised in a research call to "Buy" at Leerink Swann on its prospects after the Wyeth merger. Shares were up 0.5% at $14.45 right before the close.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) was also one of the few gainers in tech and communications. This was after outside executives said that the Clearwire venture was not in immediate need of funding. Shares were up 5% at $2.41 right before the close.
Cramer on BloggingStocks: The Fed's push for TARP payback 
Hewlett-Packard reports growth in profit and operating margin in Q4
Before the bell: Stocks futures steady ahead of GDP, housing data
