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RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY*

Mean Recommendation (this week):	2
Mean Recommendation (last week):	2
Change:	0.0

* (Strong Buy) 1.0 - 5.0 (Sell)

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PRICE TARGET SUMMARY

Mean Target:	36.80
Median Target:	35.80
High Target:	41.00
Low Target:	34.00
No. of Brokers:	12

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UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES HISTORY

Date	Research Firm	Action	From	To
9-Nov-09	Leerink Swann	Upgrade	Mkt Perform	Outperform
20-Mar-09	Cowen & Co	Upgrade	Neutral	Outperform
13-Mar-09	Bernstein	Upgrade	Mkt Perform	Outperform
17-Oct-08	UBS	Upgrade	Neutral	Buy
10-Sep-08	Bernstein	Downgrade	Outperform	Mkt Perform
22-Jul-08	Leerink Swann	Downgrade	Outperform	Mkt Perform
18-Jul-08	Citigroup	Initiated		Buy
7-Jul-08	UBS	Downgrade	Buy	Neutral
25-Jun-08	JP Morgan	Initiated		Overweight
28-Jan-08	UBS	Upgrade	Neutral	Buy

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RECOMMENDATION TRENDS

	Current Month	Last Month	Two Months Ago	Three Months Ago
Strong Buy	5	4	4	4
Buy	6	6	6	6
Hold	5	5	6	7
Underperform	0	0	0	0
Sell	0	0	0	0

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