- Marriott (MAR) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
- Quest Diagnostics (DGX) and Owens-Illinois (OI) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
- FirstMerit (FMER) to outperform from perform at Oppenheimer.
- Safeway (SWY) to hold from sell at Citigroup.
- Babcock & Wilcox (BWC) to buy from neutral, as well as Jacobs Engineering (JEC) and W. R. Berkley (WRB) to neutral from sell, at Goldman.
- Pioneer Natural (PXD) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- Teekay Tankers (TNK) to buy from underperform at BofA/Merrill.
Analyst Downgrades
- BP (BP) to sell from hold at Collins Stewart.
- Philip Morris (PM) to neutral from buy at UBS.
- Central European Distribution (CEDC) to underweight from overweight at JPMorgan.
- Travelers (TRV) to sell from neutral at Goldman.
- Granite Construction (GVA) to sell from neutral at Goldman.
- Gladstone (GOOD) to neutral from outperform at RW Baird.
Analyst Initiations
- Zimmer (ZMH) with an outperform rating at Wells Fargo.
- Dendreon (DNDN) with a buy at Collins Stewart.
- American Superconductor (AMSC) and Heckmann (HEK) with a neutral at Wedbush.
- Edwards Lifesciences (EW) with a hold at Jefferies.
- Geoeye (GEOY) with an outperform and DigitalGlobe (DGI) with a market perform at Morgan Keegan.
- SFN Group (SFN) as a buy at Deutsche Bank.
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