Americas Morning Summary
December 18, 2009
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This document contains commentsrelated to the following stocks:Accenture Plc (ACN)Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI)Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(AMLN)AOL Inc. (AOL)Avnet, Inc. (AVT)Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (CCE)Constellation Brands (STZ)Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)The Walt Disney Company (DIS)Electronic Arts, Inc. (ERTS)EMC Corporation (EMC)General Mills, Inc. (GIS)Genzyme Corp. (GENZ)Intrepid Potash, Inc. (IPI)Live Nation, Inc. (LYV)NetApp Inc. (NTAP)The News Corp. (A) (NWS__A)The News Corp. (B) (NWS)Nike, Inc. (NKE)Oracle Corp. (ORCL)Pentair, Inc. (PNR)Potash Corp. (POT)Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.TO)Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM)Rossi (RSID3.SA)The Mosaic Co. (MOS)The Southern Company (SO)THQ, Inc. (THQI)Time Warner Inc. (TWX)USEC Inc. (USU)VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN)Viacom Inc. (VIA__B)
Focus Items
Americas: Technology: Hardware: Upgrading EMC to CL-Buy; NetApp going toNeutral
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL) Buy: Rising estimates and multiple expansion; one to ownfor CY'10
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Accenture Plc (ACN) Buy: FY2Q marks the bottom, leading indicators strong into2010. CL-Buy
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AOL Inc. (AOL): Re-building the airplane in mid-air; Initiate Neutral - $27 PT
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Constellation Brands (STZ): Upgrading to Neutral on more balanced risk/reward
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Key Data Changes
Investment List Additions
Company Ticker Investment List Additions
EMC CorporationEMCAmericas Buy ListAmericas Conviction Buy List
Investment List Removals
Company Ticker Investment List Removals
Constellation BrandsSTZ Americas Sell ListNetApp Inc.NTAPAmericas Buy ListAmericas Conviction Buy List
Initiations
Company Ticker Rating/Coverage viewPrice Target Current Year Next Year Fiscal y/e
AOL Inc.AOL N/A $27.00 $4.63 $2.98 DecThe Southern CompanySO N/N $32.00 $2.37 $2.64 Dec
Rating and price target changes
Rating/Coverage viewPrice Target EstimatesCompany Ticker New Old New Old % chg Current YearNext YearFiscal y/e
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.AMLN N/N CS $16.00 -- -- ($0.74) ($0.74) DecAOL Inc.AOL N/A -- $27.00 -- -- $4.63 $2.98 DecConstellation BrandsSTZ
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N/N S/N $16.00 unch -- $1.67 $1.77 FebEMC CorporationEMC
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B/A N/A
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$21.00 $20.00 5.0% $0.58 $0.79 DecGeneral Mills, Inc.GIS N/N unch
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$77.00 $75.00 2.7% $4.67 $5.07 MayIntrepid Potash, Inc.IPI S/A unch
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$27.00 $28.00 (3.6%) $0.76 $1.14 Dec
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