UPGRADES:
RBC Capital upgrades Verizon (NYSE: VZ) from Sector Perform to Outperform.

Goldman Sachs upgrades Anglo American (Nasdaq: AAUK) from Neutral to Buy.

Piper Jaffray & Co. upgrades Gibraltar Industries (Nasdaq: ROCK) from Sell to Neutral. Price target lowered from $11 to $6. Here is StreetInsider.com’s summary of the upgrade.

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DOWNGRADES:
Barclays downgrades SLM Corp (NYSE: SLM) from Overweight to Equalweight.

Wachovia downgrades Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) from Outperform to Market Perform. Click here to view a summary of the downgrade.

Goldman Sachs downgrades Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) from Neutral to Sell.

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