Cramer's Take on Headline Stocks

Here's what Jim Cramer's had to say about stocks in the news,

Making Friday's headlines were reports that repayment of TARP funds might start on Wednesday for some banks, including JPMorgan (JPM) - Get Report, Morgan Stanley (MS) - Get Report and American Express (AXP) - Get Report.

Wall Street Journal

report on that the

Fed

would likely

not significantly increase its bond-purchase programs

this month was weighing on homebuilder stocks such as

KB Homes

(KBH) - Get Report

, down 2.5% to $14.09 at midday, and

Lennar

(LEN) - Get Report

, down 2.2% to $8.02.

news, Goldman Sachs downgraded

AK Steel

(AKS) - Get Report

to neutral from buy with a price target of $20 and upgraded

Caterpillar

(CAT) - Get Report

to sell from conviction sell. Barclays downgraded

Nokia

(NOK) - Get Report

to equal weight from overweight, and Oppenheimer upgraded

Clorox

(CLX) - Get Report

to outperform from underperform.

With this in mind, we thought we'd take a look at some of the stocks in the news lately and see what Jim Cramer's had to stay about them.

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