Notable Analyst Rating Changes 6/3: WMT, GOLD, ABX Upgraded; CHU, ANF, CSX Downgraded

June 3, 2008 9:18 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Morgan Keegan upgrades Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) from Market Perform to Outperform.

HSBC upgrades Randgold Resources Ltd. (Nasdaq: GOLD) from Neutral to Overweight with a $50 price target.

CIBC upgrades Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) from Sector Perform to Outperform with a $65 price target.

For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades

DOWNGRADES:
Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse downgrade China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) to Equalweight and Neutral, respectively.

Friedman Billings downgrades Abercrombie and Fitch (NYSE: ANF) from Outperform to Market Perform and lowers their price target to $69.

UBS downgrades CSX (NYSE: CSX) from Buy to Neutral. Price target $70.

For daily real-time Downgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades

NEW COVERAGE:
Piper Jaffray assumes coverage of VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) with a Neutral rating and a $31 price target.

Jefferies & Co initiates coverage on Ascent Solar (Nasdaq: ASTI) with a Hold, citing positive growth outlook, but sees next 18 months of high development risk. Price target $14.

Goldman Sachs assumes coverage on Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) with a Buy rating.

For daily real-time New Coverage go to http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage


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ANF 35.72

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ASTI 5.10

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CHU 13.10

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CSX 48.64

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GOLD 37.02

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RIMM 58.94

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WMT 58.09

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