- Molycorp (MCP) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- Humana (HUM), HealthSpring (HS) and UnitedHealth (UNH) to buy from neutral at UBS.
- Williams Cos. (WMB) to conviction buy from neutral and UBS (UBS) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
- China Kanghui (KH) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
- Armstrong World (AWI) to buy from hold at BB&T.
- Time Warner (TWX) to buy from hold at Benchmark Co.
- Calpine (CPN) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- 3M Company (MMM) to neutral from underperform and Kirby (KEX) to buy from underperform at BofA/Merrill.
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Analyst downgrades: CSCO, KEX and FED
MOST NOTEWORTHY: Cisco Systems, Kirby and First Fed Financial were today's noteworthy downgrades:- UBS downgraded Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to Neutral from Buy after channel checks indicated orders are slowing, which gives them concern over the July quarter.
- Stephens cut Kirby (NYSE: KEX) to Equal Weight from Overweight as they believe a good 2008 is already priced into shares and that the liquid barge industry cycle may be nearing a top.
- First Fed Financial (NYSE: FED) was lowered to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse, citing credit quality deterioration.
- JP Morgan removed HB Fuller (NYSE: FUL) from its Focus List.
- RBC Capital downgraded SourceFire (NASDAQ: FIRE) to Sector Perform from Outperform.
- Goldman cut Lloyds TSB Group (NYSE: LYG) to Sell from Neutral.
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