Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) took another downgrade today, but shares rose anyhow. The online retail giant was downgraded to Equal Weight at Barclays. Yet shares were up over 4% at $76.86 shortly before the close.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) rose partly on the FASB vote to change "mark-to-market" accounting, but it also rose after CEO Ken Lewis gave a long interview to CNBC to address many banking concerns today. Shares were up3.5% at $7.27 shortly before the close. They had traded north of $7.80 this morning.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) also rose with FASB changes and with the banking sector as a whole. But the company's bid-sale of its Nikko Cordial Securities may actually spark a bidding war from three big Japanese banks. Shares were up over 3% at $2.77 shortly before the close, but they had traded as high as $2.99 today.

Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) is selling Rohm & Haas's Morton International for about $1.675 billion to help pay for the Rohm & Haas merger it has closed upon. Its borrowings are still north of $9 billion, so more asset sales are expected. Dow shares were up about 12% at $9.91 right before the close.

MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) was up huge on word that the casino operator may get a much-needed capital infusion from the Colony Capital group. a huge step since getting a "going concern" note recently. Shares were up 23% at $3.23 shortly before the close.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) did not rise with banks today. The brokerage firm, a.k.a. bank holding company, was downgraded this morning to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse. Shares were down almost 1% at $23.53 shortly before the close.