Analyst Upgrades

• State Street (STT) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Goldman.
• Roth Capital upgraded Intel (INTC), Marvell Technology (MRVL) and Nvidia (NVDA) to buy from neutral.
• Bebe Stores (BEBE) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Janney Montgomery.
• W&T Offshore (WTI) was upgraded to buy from accumulate at Global Hunter.
• Citigroup upgraded International Rectifier (IRF) and Timberland (TBL) to hold from sell.
• Watson Pharma (WPI) was upgraded to buy from neutral at UBS.
• Atmel (ATML) was upgraded to strong buy from buy at Needham.
• Ashford Hospitality (AHT) was upgraded to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
• Oppenheimer upgraded MetroPCS (PCS) to outperform from perform.

Analyst upgrades:

• Banc of America/Merrill upgraded DPL Inc (NYSE: DPL) to Neutral from Underperform following the settlement agreement with staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Electric Security Plan.
  
• Friedman Billings upgraded SeaBright Insurance (NYSE: SBX) to Outperform from Market Perform on valuation as they believe shares are oversold at current levels. Despite upgrading, the firm lowered its target price to $14 from $16.
  
• JP Morgan upgraded AT&T (T) to Overweight from Neutral as it believes upside earnings revisions are likely in 2009 due to the company's conservative wireline margin outlook. The firm finds the stock's valuation attractive at current levels and raised their target on shares to $28 from $24.
• Chubb (NYSE: CB) was upgraded to buy from Neutral at UBS.
  
• Cascal B.V. (NYSE: HOO) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  
• Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE: HR) was upgraded at Keefe Bruyette to Outperform from Market Perform.

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Garmin, Express Scripts and ArQule were today's noteworthy downgrades:

• Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) to Hold from Buy and lowered their target to $90 from $125 after channel checks at CES raised concerns about competitive pressure in the U.S. and pricing. Deutsche sees increasing uncertainty for 2008.
• Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) was lowered to Market Perform from Outperform based on valuation and risk to 2008 guidance.
  
• Banc of America downgraded shares of ArQule (NASDAQ: ARQL) to Neutral from Buy following the departure of CEO Dr. Stephen Hill, to reflect greater execution risk and uncertainty.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

• Keefe Bruyette downgraded IberiaBank (NASDAQ: IBKC) to Underperform from Market Perform.
  
• JMP Securities lowered Red Lion Hotels (NYSE: RLH) to Market Outperform from Strong Buy.
  
• Bear Stearns downgraded Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) to Underperform from Peer Perform.

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Red Lion Hotels (RLH), Constellation Energy (CEP), Brinker Int'l (EAT), Nvidia (NVDA) and InfoSpace (INSP) were today's noteworthy upgrades:

• Baird upgraded Red Lion Hotels (NYSE: RLH) to Outperform from Neutral based on valuation, brand expansion progress and takeover potential.

• Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEP) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup based on higher cash flow expectations and valuation.

• JP Morgan upgraded Brinker (NYSE: EAT) to Overweight from Neutral, and sees potential upside from slower unit development and a possible Mac Grill sale.

• BMO Capital upgraded Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to Outperform from Market Perform following a strong second quarter.

• Stanford upgraded InfoSpace (NASDAQ: INSP) to Hold from Sell on valuation; They consider the core online segments looks to be priced into the stock and downside support is given with tax credits and the cash balance...

OTHER UPGRADES:

• Citigroup raised Cox Radio (NYSE: CXR) to Hold from Sell.

• JP Morgan upgraded shares of PepsiAmericas (NYSE: PAS) to Neutral from Underweight.

• Friedman Billings upgraded shares of Emulex (NYSE: ELX) to Outperform from Market Perform.

• DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) was raised to Buy from Hold at Gabelli.

• Seagate (NYSE: STX) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.

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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Dell Inc (DELL), JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU), Time Warner Inc (TWX) and Spectrum Brands, Inc (SPC) were some of today's notable upgrades.

• Goldman Sachs upgraded Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL) to Buy from Neutral with a $28 target to reflect the potential for buyback as well as other growth steps in the company's turnaround efforts.

• JetBlue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) was upgraded to Neutral from Reduce at UBS.

• Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) Inc was upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.

• Prudential upgraded Spectrum Brands Inc (NYSE: SPC) to Neutral from Underweight with a $5 target on valuation.

OTHER UPGRADES:

• United Technologies Corp (NYSE: UTX) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral with a $79 target at Credit Suisse as the firm believes management can achieve better results across the company's commercial business.

• JP Morgan upgraded Applied Biosystems, Inc (NYSE: ABI) to Neutral from Underweight.

• Matrix USA upgraded Realnetworks, Inc (NASDAQ: RNWK) to Buy from Hold on valuation.

• Calyon upgraded Red Lion Hotels Corp (NYSE: RLH) to Add from Neutral with a $14 target.

• Prudential upgraded PDL BioPharma Inc (NASDAQ: PDLI) to Overweight from Neutral with a $28 target.

• Citigroup added Caterpillar Inc (NASDAQ: CAT) to its Recommended List.

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