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 13.47

+0.13 +0.97%
Volume: 25,342,096
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AEO 16.25

+0.09 +0.56%
Volume: 4,108,071
Track AEO

AMGN 54.10

-0.81 -1.48%
Volume: 8,895,798
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BP 59.13

-0.80 -1.33%
Volume: 5,201,095
Track BP

DIS 29.12

+0.12 +0.41%
Volume: 16,938,180
Track DIS

DRIV 25.85

-0.13 -0.50%
Volume: 962,424
Track DRIV

DSX 14.39

+0.23 +1.62%
Volume: 2,499,999
Track DSX

JAVA 8.15

-0.09 -1.09%
Volume: 26,201,451
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JNPR 25.06

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 20,558,094
Track JNPR

LVS 16.97

+0.18 +1.07%
Volume: 32,162,401
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