Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/21: MSFT, CRM, GPS Upgraded; ORCL, VMW, CPB, DELL, STP Downgraded

November 21, 2008 9:40 AM EST

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
Oppenheimer upgrades Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) from Perform to Outperform with a $22 price target.

Robert W. Baird upgrades Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) from Neutral to Outperform but lowers their price target from $45 to $34.

Citi and Cowen upgrade Gap (NYSE: GPS) to Buy and Outperform, respectively.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Oppenheimer downgrades Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) from Outperform to Perform.

UBS downgrades VMware (NYSE: VMW) from Neutral to Sell.

UBS downgrades Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) from Buy to Neutral.

Friedman Billing & Ramsey downgrades Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) from Outperform to Market Perform.

Oppenheimer downgrades Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) from Outperform to Perform.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) with an Underweight.

Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on Brooks Automation (Nasdaq: BRKS) with a Hold rating.

Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Wilmington Trust (NYSE: WL) with an Equalweight.

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


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BRKS 7.60

+0.07 +0.93%
Volume: 192,678
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CPB 32.99

+0.27 +0.83%
Volume: 1,071,888
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CRM 63.08

-0.59 -0.93%
Volume: 1,320,200
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DELL 15.61

+0.21 +1.36%
Volume: 7,408,024
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GPS 22.57

-0.11 -0.49%
Volume: 6,351,769
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MSFT 29.16

+0.15 +0.52%
Volume: 37,371,684
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ORCL 21.86

+0.06 +0.28%
Volume: 14,591,474
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RF 4.86

+0.03 +0.62%
Volume: 15,996,891
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STP 13.09

+0.03 +0.23%
Volume: 2,799,626
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VMW 41.56

-0.04 -0.10%
Volume: 816,772
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WL 13.18

+0.20 +1.54%
Volume: 460,060
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