Conglomerates Industry Research

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/06/2009	GE	Sandford C. Bernstein	Market Perform	Outperform
10/23/2009	CBE	Sterne Agee	Neutral	Buy
09/15/2009	PPG	UBS	Sell	Neutral
09/03/2009	DHR	FBR Capital	Market Perform	Outperform

Conglomerates Downgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
08/14/2009	MMM	Hilliard Lyons	Buy	Long-Term Buy
04/15/2009	TXT	Citi	Buy	Hold
04/01/2009	DHR	J.P. Morgan	Overweight	Neutral
01/23/2009	UTX	Sanford C. Bernstein	Outperform	Market Perform

Conglomerates New Coverages

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Rating
03/26/2009	RTK	HSBC	Underweight
12/12/2008	UTX	Soleil Securities	Hold
04/07/2008	PPG	Longbow Research	Neutral
03/06/2008	CBE	Wachovia	Market Perform

Conglomerates Earnings

Date	Ticker	Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
09/08/2009	CHKE	0.32		0.45
08/04/2009	ASFI	0.10	-0.25	0.17
07/27/2009	CR	0.50	0.49	0.97
07/23/2009	MMM	1.20	0.94	1.39
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Stock of the Day

The Conglomerates Industry's General Electric (GE) was InvestorGuide.com's Stock of the Day on 3/5/2009.
GE Capital: Raising Concerns, Sinking Share Price
On Wednesday, investors liquidated their shares of General Electric due to concerns stemming from their financing arm, GE Capital. Its stock fell to a level unseen in 18 years, trading at one point for less than $6 per share. The selling spree began on fears that their AAA rating would be cut sometime in the near future. However, these concerns over their financing unit are nothing new. Since the markets roared into reverse in the last quarter of 2008, investors have been keeping a close watch on GE. At one point, the cost to insure their debt was so high that investors were comparing the costs with AIG's (AIG: Charts, News, Offers) bonds. So, after only a few weeks into the 2009 fiscal year, are investors being too hasty? Read more

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