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Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Avid Tech AVID Maxim Group Sell » Hold
Northrop Grumman NOC Cowen & Co Neutral » Outperform
Pride Intl PDE Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy
Teradyne TER Barclays Capital Equal Weight » Overweight
Alcon ACL BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform
Public Service PEG Barclays Capital Equal Weight » Overweight
Allied Capital ALD Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Hold
Bank of America BAC Fox Pitt In Line » Outperform $23
Amazon.com AMZN JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight
PDL BioPharma PDLI JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
Leap Wireless LEAP Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform
Altera ALTR Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform

Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
TASER TASR Dougherty & Company Buy » Neutral
UCBH Holdings UCBH DA Davidson Buy » Neutral $7.50 » $7
Glacier Bancorp GBCI DA Davidson Buy » Neutral
California Pizza CPKI B. Riley & Co Buy » Neutral
NCI NCIT BB&T Capital Mkts Buy » Hold
California Water CWT Janney Mntgmy Scott Buy » Neutral
Cogent COGT Stanford Research Buy » Hold $13
FARO Techs FARO Needham Buy » Hold
Texas Roadhouse TXRH Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
McAfee MFE Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
Endo Pharm ENDP Caris & Company Buy » Above Average
Hospitality Props HPT Stifel Nicolaus Buy » Hold
GSI Commerce GSIC Stifel Nicolaus Buy » Hold
Apollo Investment AINV Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Sell
AT&T T Bernstein Outperform » Mkt Perform
Southern Copper PCU Citigroup Buy » Hold
Verizon VZ Bernstein Mkt Perform » Underperform
Natl Instruments NATI Argus Buy » Hold
Tesoro TSO Soleil Hold » Sell
Ventas VTR UBS Buy » Neutral
Cantel Medical CMN Brean Murray Buy » Hold
Senior Housing SNH UBS Buy » Neutral
Dress Barn DBRN Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Buy » Neutral
Novellus NVLS Credit Suisse Neutral » Underperform $12 » $9.50
Jetblue Airways JBLU Jesup & Lamont Buy » Hold
Koppers Holdings KOP Jefferies & Co Buy » Hold $30 » $24
Dice Holdings DHX JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Helen of Troy HELE JP Morgan Neutral » Underweight
Town Sports Intl CLUB Piper Jaffray Buy » Neutral
Varian Medical VAR Oppenheimer Outperform » Perform
Audiocodes AUDC Oppenheimer Outperform » Perform
Southside Banc SBSI Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $21 » $20
Prosperity Bancshares PRSP Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $35 » $24
Cullen/Frost Bnkrs CFR Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $52 » $43
BancFirst BANF Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $45 » $39
Pacific Capital Bancorp PCBC Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $13 » $12
Conseco CNO Keefe Bruyette Outperform » Mkt Perform $10 » $8
Central Pacific Financial CPF Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $15 » $7.50
Bank of Hawaii BOH Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform $53 » $32

Coverage Initiated


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Momenta Pharma MNTA Leerink Swann Outperform $16
NCI NCIT Wachovia Mkt Perform

Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
Capstone Turbine CPST Merriman Curhan Ford Neutral

Coverage Reit/Price Tgt Changed*


Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
AgFeed Industries FEED Rodman & Renshaw Mkt Outperform $8 » $4
US Bancorp USB Deutsche Securities Sell $25 » $23
TCF Financial TCB Deutsche Securities Hold $19 » $14
Marshall & Ilsley MI Deutsche Securities Hold $9 » $7
City National CYN Deutsche Securities Hold $47 » $43
Bank of America BAC Deutsche Securities Hold $26 » $17
Stereotaxis STXS JMP Securities Mkt Outperform $8 » $7
Motorola MOT UBS Neutral $4.95 » $4.75
PG&E PCG Barclays Capital Overweight $42 » $45
EXFO EXFO RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $5.25 » $5
Brocade BRCD RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $6 » $4
Quaker Chemical KWR Janney Mntgmy Scott Buy $31 » $22
Xcel Energy XEL Barclays Capital Equal Weight $18 » $19
Reliant Energy RRI Barclays Capital Equal Weight $8.50 » $9
Progress Energy PGN Barclays Capital Equal Weight $40 » $43
Pepco Hldgs POM Barclays Capital Overweight $23 » $22
NiSource NI Barclays Capital Equal Weight $13 » $12
Mirant MIR Barclays Capital Equal Weight $23 » $21
ITC Holdings ITC Barclays Capital Equal Weight $56 » $58
FPL Group FPL Barclays Capital Overweight $57 » $60
Edison EIX Barclays Capital Equal Weight $51 » $52
Covanta CVA Barclays Capital Overweight $24 » $25
Calpine CPN Barclays Capital Equal Weight $15 » $14
American Electric AEP Barclays Capital Overweight $41 » $42
Ameren AEE Barclays Capital Equal Weight $34 » $31
Prolink PLKH MDB Capital Group Buy $2.80 » $2.50
Hexcel HXL Wedbush Morgan Hold $12.50 » $9
Eclipsys ECLP Caris & Company Above Average $26 » $23
Mattson MTSN Stifel Nicolaus Buy $6 » $4
Applied Materials AMAT Stifel Nicolaus Buy $19 » $16
Dean Foods DF Stifel Nicolaus Buy $18 » $21
JP Morgan Chase JPM Deutsche Securities Hold $37 » $34
Landec LNDC Northland Securities Outperform $12 » $9
Scripps Networks Interactive SNI Argus Buy $39 » $31
Nalco NLC Jefferies & Co Buy $16 » $15
Hologic HOLX Oppenheimer Outperform $19 » $25

Company Ticker Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
IRIS Intl IRIS B. Riley & Co Buy

(a) Brokerage firm initiating coverage participated in underwriting the recent IPO.
(b) Brokerage firm resumes coverage.
(c) Brokerage firm participated in the secondary offering.
* This list of reiterations/target changes is not comprehensive.