Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/2: DRIV, AMGN, BP Upgraded; LVS, AA, JAVA, JNPR Downgraded

October 2, 2008 10:05 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Goldman Sachs upgrades Digital River Inc. (Nasdaq: DRIV) from Sell to Neutral.

William Blair upgrades Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Merrill Lynch upgrades BP (NYSE: BP) from Underperform to Neutral.

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DOWNGRADES:
Morgan Stanley downgrades Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from Overweight to Equalweight.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) from Buy to Neutral.

Calyon Securities downgrades Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: JAVA) from Neutral to Reduce.

Morgan Keegan downgrades Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR) from Outperform to Market Perform.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Oppenheimer initiates coverage on Diana Shipping (NYSE: DSX) with an Outperform. Price target $23.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) with a Hold rating.

Cowen & Co initiates coverage on American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) with an Outperform rating.


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


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AA 12.99

-0.28 -2.11%
Volume: 46,762,566
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AEO 15.90

+0.34 +2.19%
Volume: 6,287,125
Track AEO

AMGN 56.85

+0.30 +0.53%
Volume: 5,108,165
Track AMGN

BP 57.86

+0.24 +0.42%
Volume: 4,363,679
Track BP

DIS 30.84

+0.51 +1.68%
Volume: 14,406,306
Track DIS

DRIV 25.81

+0.35 +1.37%
Volume: 532,296
Track DRIV

DSX 15.88

-0.11 -0.69%
Volume: 2,000,422
Track DSX

JAVA 8.44

+0.21 +2.55%
Volume: 39,307,207
Track JAVA

JNPR 25.06

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 6,467,118
Track JNPR

LVS 16.17

+0.04 +0.25%
Volume: 29,459,819
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