Notable Analyst Rating Changes 08/16: (S) (PPL) (ARO) Upgraded; (MMI) (RIMM) (DIS) Downgraded

UPGRADES
ollins Stewart upgrades Sprint (NYSE: S) to Buy with a price target of $5. Click Here for more color.

Goldman Sachs adds PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) to Conviction Buy with a price target of $31. Click Here for more color.

Jefferies lifts Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) from Underperform to Hold with a price target of $12. Click Here for more color.

RBC Capital lifts Life Technologies (Nasdaq: LIFE) from Sector Perform to Outperform, maintains price target of $52.

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DOWNGRADES
Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) lowered by a gaggle of firms today:

• Goldman Sachs from Buy to Neutral with a price target of $37. Click Here for more color;
  
  
• Evercore Partners from Overweight to Equalweight, its price target raised from $32 to $40;
  
  
• UBS from Buy to Neutral;
  
  
• BMO Capital from Underperform to Market Perform, raising its price target from $18 to $40;
  
  
• MKM Partners from Buy to Neutral with a price target of $40;
  
  
• Argus from Hold to Sell;
  
  
• Raymond James from Strong Buy to Underperform; and
  
  
• Gabelli from Buy to Hold.

Societe Generale downgrades Research In Motion Ltd. (Nasdaq: RIMM) from Hold to Sell, reducing its price target from $50 to $20.

BofA/Merrill Lynch cuts Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) from Buy to Neutral.

Macquarie reduces Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) from Outperform to Neutral, its price target lowered from $90 to $75.

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NEW COVERAGE
Macquarie starts Aon Corp (NYSE: AON) with an Outperform, and $57 price target.

Capstone Investments initiates Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) with a Buy, and price target of $25.

Morgan Keegan resumes salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) at Outperform, and $165 price target.

Nomura Securities begins Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE) with a Neutral and $32 price target. Click Here for more color.

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