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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst downgrades: BAC, ETM and OPXT]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/10/analyst-downgrades-bac-etm-and-opxt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/10/analyst-downgrades-bac-etm-and-opxt/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/10/analyst-downgrades-bac-etm-and-opxt/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-reports/" rel="tag">Analyst Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-upgrades-and-downgrades/" rel="tag">Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bac/" rel="tag">Bank of America (BAC)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/lux/" rel="tag">Luxottica Group ADS (LUX)</a></p><strong><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/07/fly-logo-(aol).gif" /></a>MOST NOTEWORTHY:</strong> Bank of America, Entercom Comm and Opnext were today's noteworthy downgrades:
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    <li> Morgan Stanley downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/bank-of-america-corporation/bac/nys">Bank of America </a>(NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/bank-of-america-corporation/bac/nys">BAC</a>) to Underweight from Equal Weight as they believe the company may need to raise an additional $12B in capital in Q4 and cut its dividend by 20%. <br /></li>
    <li>Citigroup cut <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/entercom-communications-corp/etm/nys">Entercom Comm </a>(NYSE<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/entercom-communications-corp/etm/nys">:ETM</a>) to Sell from Hold as they see near-term downside risk for radio stocks given the weaker economic backdrop and underperforming radio ad spend. The firm lowered their target to $5 from $9.75. <br /></li>
    <li>Merriman downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/opnext-inc/opxt/nas">Opnex</a>t (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/opnext-inc/opxt/nas">OPXT</a>) to Neutral from Buy following the acquisition of Stratalight, as they believe the deal is too stock heavy given the current valuation and has concerns about competition in the 40G market.</li>
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<strong>OTHER DOWNGRADES:</strong><br />
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    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/columbia-banking-system-inc/colb/nas"> Columbia Banking</a> (NASDAQ<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/columbia-banking-system-inc/colb/nas">:COLB</a>) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette. <br /></li>
    <li>Deutsche Bank cut <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/luxottica-group-s-p-a/lux/nys">Luxottica </a>(NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/luxottica-group-s-p-a/lux/nys">LUX</a>) to Hold from Buy. <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cadbury-plc/cby/nys">Cadbury</a> (NYSE<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cadbury-plc/cby/nys">:CBY)</a> was lowered at Merrill to Underperform from Neutral.</li>
</ul><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/10/analyst-downgrades-bac-etm-and-opxt/">Analyst downgrades: BAC, ETM and OPXT</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:18:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/10/analyst-downgrades-bac-etm-and-opxt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1251472/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/10/analyst-downgrades-bac-etm-and-opxt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>analyst downgrades</category><category>AnalystDowngrades</category><category>BACLUXCBYCOLB</category><category>ETM</category><category>inthenews</category><category>OPXT</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Buscemi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:18:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
