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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 08/17: (ECA) (ODP) (VRTX) Upgraded; (FSLR) (HPQ) (IMAX) Downgraded

August 17, 2011 10:40 AM EDT
UPGRADES
Ticonderoga upgrades EnCana Corp. (NYSE: ECA) from Sell to Neutral.

UBS lifts Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) from Sell to Neutral, with a $3 price target. Click Here for more color.

William Blair ups Vertex (Nasdaq: VRTX) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Atlantic Equities raises JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) from Neutral to Overweight, maintaining its $50 price target. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES
Goldman Sachs removed First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) from its Conviction Buy List and dropped its price target from $175 to $150. Click Here for more color.

BMO Capital downgrades Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) from Outperform to Market Perform, price target lowered from $42 to $36.

JANCO Partners downgraded IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq: IMAX) from Buy to Accumulate, price target cut from $40.03 to $20.71. Click Here for more color.

TH Capital downgrades E-Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE: DANG) from Buy to Hold.

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NEW COVERAGE
Collins Stewart initiates YM BioSciences (NYSE: YMI) with a Buy, and $4 price target. Click Here for more color.

CRT Capital begins Alcoa (NYSE: AA) with a Buy, and $16 price target.

Bernstein starts Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) at Outperform.

Merriman Curhan Ford initiates TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) with a Buy and $18 price target.

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