Notable stock upgrades issued in th...

Notable stock upgrades issued in the last week. (Trading signs in parentheses.)

NO KIDDING

Cisco methods Inc. (CSCO) was raised to "market outperform" from "market perform" by way of analyst Samuel Wilson at JMP Securities. The price at closing Friday was $1954

A LITTLE EXTRA INSURANCE

Metlife Inc. (MET) was raised to "outperform/cautious" from "in- line/cautious" by way of analyst Joan H. Zief at Goldman Sachs & Co It clos Friday at $5262

LOCAL UPGRADES

DeVry Inc. (DV) was raised to "equalweight" from "underweight/ neutral" by way of analyst Gary E. Bisbee at Lehman Bro Friday's choke was $21.13.

Navistar International Corp. (NAV) was raised to "peerperform" from "underperform" at analyst Peter Nesvold at Bear Stearns & Co It clos Friday at $2215

Notable stock downgrades issued in the last week. (Trading tokens in parentheses.)

TIME TO HANG UP

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) was downgraded to "neutral" from "buy" from analyst David W. Barden at Banc of America. It clos Friday at $1662

NOT TONIGHT, TONIGHT

WebSideStory Inc. (WSSI) was downgraded to "market underperform" from "market perform" by way of analyst Patrick Walravens at JMP Securities. It clos Friday at $1053

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) was downgraded to "hold" from "buy" by the agency of analyst Troy J. Lahr at Stifel Nicolaus. The closing price Friday was $8182

LOCAL DOWNGRADES

OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) was downgraded to "in-line/cautious" from "outperform/cautious" through analyst Matthew J. Fassler at Goldman Sachs. It clos Friday at $4352

AON Corp. (AOC) was downgraded to "equalweight" from "overweight/ positive" by way of analyst Jay H. Gelb at Lehman Bro It clos Friday at $3351

Motorola Inc. (MOT) was downgraded to "hold" from "buy" by way of analyst Albert Lin at American Technology Research. Friday's clog was $22.69.

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