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Here are the recent calls

UPGRADES

Fresenius Medical FMS Stanford Research Sell » Hold
DaVita DVA Stanford Research Sell » Hold
SYMYX Tech SMMX Nollenberger Capital Neutral » Buy
Temple-Inland TIN Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight
Orexigen Therapeutics OREX JMP Securities Mkt Outperform » Strong Buy
Kaiser Alum KALU Bear Stearns Peer Perform » Outperform
Green Mtn Coffee GMCR Piper Jaffray Market Perform » Outperform
Kinross Gold KGC RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform
General Motors GM Banc of America Sec Sell » Neutral
Charles River CRL UBS Neutral » Buy
Central European Dist CEDC Broadpoint Capital Neutral » Buy


DOWNGRADES

Cree CREE Canaccord Adams Hold » Sell
Gamestop GME Citigroup Buy » Hold
Petrobras Brasileiro PBR Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform
Comp Vale Do Rio RIO JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Pepsi Bottling PBG Stifel Nicolaus Buy » Hold
American Financial Realty Trust AFR Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Sell
Ultimate Software ULTI Ferris Baker Watts Buy » Neutral
Capella Education CPLA BMO Capital Markets Outperform » Market Perform
Ceragon CRNT Collins Stewart Buy » Underperform
Dreamworks Animation DWA Pali Research Buy » Neutral
Toronto-Dominion Bank TD CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Perform
Molex MOLX Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
Covance CVD Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform
Navteq NVT Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
Parker-Hannifin PH UBS Neutral » Sell

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, General Motors (GM), Ciena Corp (CIEN)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: General Motors, Green Mountain Coffee, Orexigen and Norsk Hydro were today's noteworthy upgrades:

• Banc of America upgraded shares of General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) to Neutral from Sell as they believe the agreement with the United Auto Workers union offsets a worsening outlook for sales.
  
• Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) to Outperform from Market Perform after a meeting with management as they believe shares offer a compelling buying opportunity at current levels based on their 2009 estimates.
  
• JMP Securities upgraded shares of Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX) to Strong Buy from Market Outperform as they believe the company's lead product candidates, Empatic and Contrave, could become front-line therapies for obesity due to improved durability of efficacy, increased safety and tolerability, and lack of addiction.
  
• Norsk Hydro (NYSE: NHY) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup. The firm sees upside in the stock from the volume growth and further improvements in downstream operations.

OTHER UPGRADES:

• Lehman upgraded Temple Inland (NYSE TIN) to Overweight from Equal Weight.
  
• Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
  
• HSBC upgraded ENI SpA (NYSE: E) to Overweight from Neutral.
  
• Nollenberger raised shares of Symyx Technologies (NASDAQ: SMMX) to Buy from Neutral.

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