Analyst Upgrades

• Research In Motion (RIMM) to buy from sell and Gap (GPS) to hold from sell at Citigroup.
• Archer Daniels (ADM) and Airgas (ARG) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
• NCR Corp. (NCR) to conviction buy from neutral at Goldman.
• Valero Energy (VLO) to top pick from sector perform and Western Refining (WNR) to outperform from underperform at RBC Capital.
• Fred's (FRED) to overweight from neutral at JP Morgan.
• Marsh & McLennan (MMC), Willis Group (WSH) and Brown & Brown (BRO) to equal weight from underweight at Barclays.
• Host Hotels (HST) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
• La-Z-Boy (LZB) to strong buy from market perform at Raymond James.

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Analyst Upgrades

• Goldman upgraded Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) to buy from neutral.
• Credit Suisse upgraded Pulte Group (PHM) to neutral from underperform. Note that Citigroup downgraded the stock.
• Ameristar Casinos (ASCA) was upgraded to neutral from sell at Merriman.
• Citigroup upgraded Kimco Realty (KIM) to hold from sell.
• Mistras (MG) was upgraded to buy from hold at KeyBanc.
• Devon Energy (DVN) was upgraded to outperform from neutral at Macquarie.
• Garmin (GRMN) was upgraded to outperform from sector perform at PacCrest.

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• Baird is positive on Old Dominion's (NASDAQ: ODFL) growth opportunities, valuation, 2008 improving truck fundamentals, and a potentially seasonally stronger Q4, starting shares with an Overweight rating and $36 target.

• Merriman initiated Jamba (NASDAQ: JMBA) with a Buy rating, as the company aggressively expands its store base beyond California.

• BMO Capital believes AMD (NYSE: AMD) may lose the Intel platform integrated graphics market, and sizeable Intel platform discrete graphics market share. The firm initiated AMD shares with an Underperform rating and $10 target.

• Soleil has concerns regarding Orbitz Worldwide's (NYSE: OWW) decelerating growth and poorer business mix vs. competitors and started shares with a Hold rating and $13 target.

• Credit Suisse initiated Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) with a Neutral rating and $61 target, citing the recent UnitedHealth (UNH) contract loss, slowing growth, and valuation for its Neutral rating...

• McDermott (NYSE: MDR) and Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA) were initiated with Buy ratings at Citigroup.

• JMP Securities started ShoreTel (NASDAQ: SHOR) with a Market Outperform rating.

• Credit Suisse initiated LabCorp (NYSE: LH) with an Outperform rating.

• FTN Midwest started Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) with a Buy rating.

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• RBC Capital views Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU), which IPO'd today, as unique opportunity to participate in an early stage, retail growth story, starting shares with an Outperform rating and $23 target.

• Worthington (NYSE: WOR) is likely to continue to have headwinds in the near-term, according to CIBC; They believe shares could be a takeover target, initiating shares with a Sector Performer rating and $24 target...

• Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT) was initiated with a Neutral at First Albany.

• William Blair started shares of Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA) with an Outperform rating.

• Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) was reinstated with a Neutral rating at Goldman Sachs.

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• JP Morgan started CKE Restaurants (NYSE: CKR) with a Neutral rating, citing near-term margin concerns.

• Barrington believes Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA) is one of the fastest growing companies within its group in every aspect including enrollment, earnings and revenue.

• Stifel started IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) with a Buy rating, believing there is a 60% chance of a material event occurring within the next 6 months. Stifel believes QVC is the best interactive retailing operator given its 22% EBITDA margins and 16% operating margins.

• Banc of America initiated BWAY Holding (NYSE: BWY) with a Neutral rating, citing a balanced risk/reward. JP Morgan started shares of BWY with an Overweight rating on valuation...

• Lehman initiated Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ: HBAN) with an Underweight rating.

• Montgomery initiated Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) with a Buy rating.

• Stifel initiated Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) with a Hold rating.

• JMP Securities started BFC Financial (AMEX: BFF) with a Market Outperform rating.

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• Brean Murray started shares of Coldwater Creek (NASDAQ: CWTR) with a Buy rating and $25 target, expecting second-half upside from new merchandise this year.

• Keybanc is positive on Celadon's (NASDAQ: CLDN) disciplined approach to strategic acquisitions and leverage in its operating model, starting shares with a Buy rating and $20 target.

• CRT Capital believes Berry Petroleum (NYSE: BRY) has the ability to continue to deliver double digit percentage production/reserves growth and started shares with a Buy rating and $40 target.

• American Technology believes SiRF Technology Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRF) will continue to be a market leader in GPS chipsets and finds the company's wireless business undervalued, starting shares with a Buy rating and $26 target...

• Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc (AMEX: JAV) was initiated with an Outperform rating at Leerink Swann.

• UBS started Arris Group, Inc (NASDAQ: ARRS) with a Buy rating and $18 target.

• Publicis Groupe (NYSE: PUB) was started with a Buy rating at ING.

• Thomas Weisel initiated shares of Ambassadors International (NASDAQ: AMIE) with an Overweight rating and $41 target. Baird started

• Capella Education Co (NASDAQ: CPLA) with an Outperform rating and $46 target.

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