Notable Analyst Rating Changes 9/8: GS, AMD, RIMM, NLY Upgraded; AZO, NOK, RFMD, GSK Downgraded

September 8, 2008 9:56 AM EDT

UPGRADES:
Merrill Lynch upgrades Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to Buy and Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) to Neutral.

Banc of America upgrades Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) from Sell to Neutral with a $6 price target.

Morgan Keegan upgrades Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Credit Suisse upgrades Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) from Neutral to Outperform.

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

DOWNGRADES:
Goldman Sachs downgrades AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) from Buy to Neutral and removes the stock from its Conviction Buy List.

Deutsche Bank downgrades Nokia (NYSE: NOK) from Buy to Hold. The firm also lowered its price target from Euro25 to Euro16.

Citi downgrades RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD) from Buy to Hold. Price target $3.80.

Goldman Sachs downgrades GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) from Neutral to Sell.

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

NEW COVERAGE:
Morgan Stanley initiates coverage on Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ) with an Overweight rating. Price target $94.

Credit Suisse initiates coverage on ABB Ltd (NYSE: ABB) with an Underperform.

Credit Suisse initiates coverage on Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) with an Outperform.

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


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ABB 20.04

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Volume: 3,415
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AMD 5.14

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Volume: 40,518
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AZO 143.35

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 100
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GENZ 52.87

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 100
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GS 176.51

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 21,128
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GSK 41.35

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Volume: 91,520
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LEH 0.13

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Volume: 0
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NLY 17.62

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 9,258,895
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NOK 13.45

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Volume: 86,411
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PHG 27.13

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Volume: 2,150
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RFMD 4.17

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Volume: 150,750
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RIMM 63.67

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Volume: 214,922
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