It reiterated a "peer perform" rating on Unocal, and "underperform" ratings on Amerada Hess, ConocoPhillips, Kerr-McGee and Occidental Petroleum.
Bear Stearns maintained a "peer perform" rating on Micron Technology, saying DRAM oversupply will hinder the semiconductor company's performance in the near term.
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Barring M&A, there are few near-term, material catalysts to suggest outperformance...and we believe a sector perform rating is appropriate at this juncture.
BT Smart sales are just beginning but CSR's reliance on voice and music remains a concern; however, on a now more reasonable multiple we retain our sector perform rating.
"This could have been a 50-cent stock that went to zero," said Barbara Miller, a specialty retail analyst at Goldman , Sachs who has a lukewarm "market perform" rating on the stock.
"One of the beauties of the new kind of agreement they have with Boeing, which is a long-term purchase order, is that it gives them this kind of flexibility," said James Higgins, a Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenretteanalyst with a "market perform" rating on AMR.
Piper reiterated a "market perform" rating on Sepracor.
The analyst maintained a "sector perform" rating on the stock.
Peck maintained a "peer perform" rating on eBay shares.
He reiterated a "market perform" rating on the company.
