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 9.76

+0.45 +4.83%
Volume: 21,725,859
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AEO 8.49

-0.37 -4.18%
Volume: 6,891,931
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AMGN 54.64

-0.13 -0.24%
Volume: 10,799,169
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BP 45.88

+2.31 +5.30%
Volume: 7,955,489
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DIS 21.46

+1.13 +5.56%
Volume: 20,051,182
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DRIV 20.48

+1.20 +6.22%
Volume: 965,737
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DSX 7.24

-0.40 -5.24%
Volume: 1,653,871
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JAVA 3.25

+0.42 +14.84%
Volume: 12,237,785
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JNPR 16.24

+0.98 +6.42%
Volume: 10,733,503
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LVS 4.64

+0.64 +16.00%
Volume: 17,445,001
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