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Analyst Actions: DLJ Slashes Oil Group's Ratings and DB Alex. Brown Launches on Microsoft

TSC Staff

03/08/00 - 09:31 AM EST
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette cut its oilfield services group to market perform from outperform. The company slashed the rating of Cooper Cameron(CAM Quote - Cramer on CAM - Stock Picks), Halliburton(HAL Quote - Cramer on HAL - Stock Picks), Santa Fe International(SDC Quote - Cramer on SDC - Stock Picks) and Transocean(RIG Quote - Cramer on RIG - Stock Picks).

J.P. Morgan launched coverage of Ariba(ARBA Quote - Cramer on ARBA - Stock Picks) with a buy rating.

DLJ upgraded Avery Dennison(AVY Quote - Cramer on AVY - Stock Picks) to buy from market perform.

Jefferies downgraded Comverse(CMVT Quote - Cramer on CMVT - Stock Picks) to accumulate from buy. Lehman Brothers, though, upped the stock's price target to 280 from 240.

Credit Suisse First Boston raised Igate Capital's(IGTE Quote - Cramer on IGTE - Stock Picks) 12-month target price to 75.

J.P. Morgan launched coverage of Internet Capital Group(ICGE Quote - Cramer on ICGE - Stock Picks) with a buy.

Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown launched coverage of Lante(LNTE Quote - Cramer on LNTE - Stock Picks) as a buy with a 90 price target.

Warburg Dillon Read initiated coverage of Medtronic (MDT Quote - Cramer on MDT - Stock Picks) as a buy.

Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown launched coverage on Microsoft(MSFT Quote - Cramer on MSFT - Stock Picks) as a buy with a 118 price target.

DLJ upgraded Quaker Oats(OAT Quote - Cramer on OAT - Stock Picks) to buy from market perform.

J.P. Morgan reinitiated coverage of Safeguard Scientifics (SFE Quote - Cramer on SFE - Stock Picks) as a buy with a 378 price target.

CSFB initiated coverage of Skillsoft(SKIL Quote - Cramer on SKIL - Stock Picks) with a strong buy and a 12-month price target of 34.

Warburg Dillon Read upgraded UPS(UPS Quote - Cramer on UPS - Stock Picks) to strong buy from buy. Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to market outperform from market perform.

SG Cowen upgraded VeriSign(VRSN Quote - Cramer on VRSN - Stock Picks) to strong buy from buy.

CSFB reinstated coverage of Whittman-Hart(WHIT Quote - Cramer on WHIT - Stock Picks) as a strong buy with a 12-month price target of 100.