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• Piper downgraded shares of U.S. Auto Parts (NASDAQ: PRTS) to Neutral from Buy following the company's Q4 results.
  
• JMP Securities cut DealerTrack (NASDAQ: TRAK) to Market Perform from Strong Buy as they believe future market share losses to RouteOne are more significant than previously believed.
  
• Oppenheimer has concerns that most of AspenBio Pharma's (NASDAQ: APPY) market value is tied to the AppyScore test for appendicitis, while available clinical data may not be sufficient to drive adoption. The firm lowered APPY to Perform from Outperform.

• Wachovia cut Reddy Ice (NYSE: FRZ) to Market Perform from Outperform.
  
• Deutsche Bank lowered its rating on Valspar (NYSE: VAL) and Airgas (NYSE: ARG) to Hold from Buy.
  
• Goldman downgraded Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) to Neutral from Buy.

Analyst downgrades: PRTS, TRAK and APPY originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill and to Market Perform from Outperform following its weak Q4 report. Merrill sees limited upside following the worse-than-expected quarter.
  
• CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank to reflect the company's soft rating trends and poor local advertising growth.
  
• Banc of America downgraded shares of SL Green Realty (NYSE: SLG) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) to Neutral from Buy. The firm downgraded shares of SL Green to reflect their more cautious stance on the office sector and believes uncertainty over cap rates will limit share upside, and downgraded shares of Brandywine to reflect a lack of near-term catalysts and their more cautious stance on the office sector.
  
• Navteq Corporation (NYSE: NVT) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS and to Market Perform from Outperform at JMP Securities following its acquisition by Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK).

• Goldman Sachs removed Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) from its Conviction Buy List.
  
• The firm downgraded Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) to Neutral from Buy and Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) to Sell from Neutral.
  
• CIBC downgraded Axcan Pharma (NASDAQ: AXCA) to Sector Performer from Sector Outperformer.
  
• Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merrill.

Analyst downgrades: WAG, CBS, SLG, BDN and NVT originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• CIBC upgraded shares of SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) to Sector Outperformer from Sector Performer with a $50 target. The firm finds the risk/reward compelling due to a rebounding NAND outlook for Q4 and 2008 and the probability of Hynix signing a watershed licensing deal.

• Matrix USA upgraded Cabela's Inc (NYSE: CAB) Inc to Hold from Sell as retail operations have improved, providing a boost to fundamental trends.

• JP Morgan upgraded shares of Knightsbridge Tankers (NASDAQ: VLCCF) Ltd to Neutral from Underweight based on valuation and increased time-charter contract coverage.

• Merrill Lynch upgraded Gilead Sciences, Inc (NASDAQ: GILD) to Buy from Neutral to reflect improved prospects for long-term growth of the company's HIV-franchise.

• UBS resumed coverage of Express Scripts, Inc (NASDAQ: ESRX) with a Buy rating, up from its previous Neutral rating.

• Deutsche Bank upgraded Valspar Corp (NYSE: VAL) with a Buy from Hold and $34 target.

• HSBC upgraded Dow Chemical Co (NYSE: DOW) to Overweight from Neutral as the firm believes a joint venture with Reliance could trigger a valuation re-rating with a higher multiple, offsetting any EPS dilution.

• Caris upgraded Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) to Above Average from Average as the firm believes Seagate has too many structural advantages over the competition.

• Buckingham upgraded TJX Cos (NYSE: TJX) to Strong Buy from Accumulate with a $33 target.

• Lehman Brothers upgraded Volkswagen ADS (OTC: VLKAY) to Equal-Weight from Underweight.

Analyst upgrades 3-20-07: Gilead Sciences & Express Scripts upgraded today originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.