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RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY*

Mean Recommendation (this week):	2.6
Mean Recommendation (last week):	2.5
Change:	0.1

* (Strong Buy) 1.0 - 5.0 (Sell)

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PRICE TARGET SUMMARY

Mean Target:	30.25
Median Target:	30.50
High Target:	45.00
Low Target:	21.00
No. of Brokers:	16

Data provided by Thomson/First Call

UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES HISTORY

Date	Research Firm	Action	From	To
12-Nov-09	FBR Capital	Downgrade	Outperform	Mkt Perform
21-Sep-09	Bernstein	Downgrade	Outperform	Mkt Perform
18-May-09	FBR Capital Markets	Upgrade	Underperform	Mkt Perform
12-May-09	Credit Suisse	Upgrade	Underperform	Neutral
6-May-09	Sterne Agee	Downgrade	Buy	Neutral
31-Mar-09	FBR Capital Markets	Downgrade	Mkt Perform	Underperform
17-Feb-09	Sterne Agee	Upgrade	Hold	Buy
12-Jan-09	Argus	Downgrade	Buy	Hold
4-Nov-08	Friedman Billings	Upgrade	Underperform	Mkt Perform
31-Oct-08	UBS	Downgrade	Neutral	Sell

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RECOMMENDATION TRENDS

	Current Month	Last Month	Two Months Ago	Three Months Ago
Strong Buy	4	4	5	6
Buy	3	4	3	3
Hold	9	8	7	6
Underperform	2	2	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0

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