Analyst Downgrades for 3/18/2010... Athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) downgraded to Underperform from Perform, $31 target, at Oppenheimer... Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) downgraded to Hold at Lazard... HCP Inc (NYSE: HCP) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral, $30 target, at RW Baird... Health Care REITs (NYSE: HCN) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral, $42 target, at RW Baird... HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) downgraded to Market Perform at FBR... Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) initiated as Neutral at Macquarie... Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) initiated as Underperform at Macquarie... Nationwide Health Properties (NYSE: NHP) downgraded from Neutral to Underperform, $32 target, at RW Baird... Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies... NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) initiated as Neutral at Macquarie... NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) initiated as Market Perform at JMP Securities... PetMed Express (NASDAQ: PETS) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight, $21 target, at Piper Jaffray... Schiff Nutrition (NYSE: WNI) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley... Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) downgraded to Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey... Ventas (NYSE: VTR) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral, $41 target, at RW Baird... WNS Holdings (NYSE: WNS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $13 target, at Janney Montgomery...

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