Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was raised to Strong Buy from Market Perform at Raymond James, and Credit Suisse reiterated its Outperform rating and raised its price target to $439 from $330; Oppenheimer raised its price target to $395; Canaccord Genuity raised its price target up to $365.
Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ: CECO) rose massively after selling European assets. The stock was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD), aka DuPont, was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.
Landstar System Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ: PLXS) was downgraded to Underperform from Neutral with a $36 price target (versus a $40.53 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Rayonier Inc. (NYSE: RYN) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs and downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Evercore.
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: SUSQ) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Timken Co. (NYSE: TKR) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) was downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at J.P. Morgan; it also recently was named a short-selling candidate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) was started as Outperform at FBR Capital Markets.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) was started with a Buy rating at Citigroup.
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