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 25.10

+14.75 +142.51%
Volume: 434,349
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AEO 27.53

+13.27 +93.06%
Volume: 443,710
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AMGN 51.47

-1.29 -2.45%
Volume: 7,573,563
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BP 25.13

-22.84 -47.61%
Volume: 447,265
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DIS 25.19

+1.74 +7.42%
Volume: 436,193
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DRIV 34.92

-1.35 -3.72%
Volume: 631,091
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DSX 29.82

+16.58 +125.23%
Volume: 448,156
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JAVA 9.21

-0.01 -0.11%
Volume: 11,030,826
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JNPR 23.55

-0.86 -3.52%
Volume: 13,207,960
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LVS 7.36

-0.34 -4.42%
Volume: 11,378,663
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