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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 01/30: (C) (ZMH) (MS) Upgraded; (BAC) (AKS) (PG) Downgraded

January 30, 2012 11:18 AM EST
UPGRADES
Goldman Sachs upgrades Citi (NYSE: C) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $36 (up from $35). Click Here for more color.

Piper Jaffray lifts Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) from Neutral to Overweight, price target raised from $65 to $75.

Goldman Sachs boosts Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) from Neutral to Conviction Buy with a price target of $23. Click Here for more color.

Atlantic Equities raises Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) from Neutral to Overweight, its price target raised from $30 to $36.

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DOWNGRADES
Goldman Sachs lowers Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) from Buy to Neutral with an $8 price target. Click Here for more color.

Morgan Stanley downgraded AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) from Overweight to Equalweight with a price target of $14.

Proctor & Gamble (NYSE: PG) lowered by two today:
  • BMO Capital from Outperform to Market Perform, price target lowered from $75 to $68; and

  • UBS from Buy to Neutral.
Goldman Sachs downgraded Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) from Neutral to Sell with a price target of $15.75 (down from $17). Click Here for more color.

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NEW COVERAGE
Tudor Pickering initiates Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) with a Buy, and $33 price target.

Morgan Stanley starts Acme Packet (Nasdaq: APKT) with a Equalweight.

William Blair assumes Cummins (NYSE: CMI) at Market Perform.

Howard Weil begins Laredo Petroleum (NYSE: LPI) with a Market Outperform.

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