| 31. | Stocks rated 2 to 2 . 5 underperformed the S & AMP; P by 3 . 7 percentage points.
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| 32. | Biogen declined $ 3.32 to $ 42.91 after Merrill Lynch lowered the drugmaker's stock rating to sell from neutral.
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| 33. | Maryland stocks fell, dragged down by shares of Mid Atlantic Medical Services Inc ., whose stock rating was downgraded.
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| 34. | Decliners included ChevronTexaco, which slipped 11 cents to $ 74.94, after Deutsche Securities lowered the oil company's stock rating.
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| 35. | Biogen declined $ 3.67 to $ 42.56 after Merrill Lynch lowered the drugmaker's stock rating to sell from neutral.
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| 36. | Biogen declined $ 1.97 to $ 44.26 after Merrill Lynch lowered the drugmaker's stock rating to sell from neutral.
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| 37. | Conigliaro remains positive about the company's prospects, initiating a stock rating of " market outperform " two days ago.
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| 38. | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter analyst Rebecca Runkle wrote in a report Thursday, downgrading the stock rating to neutral from outperform.
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| 39. | Its preferred stock rating and shelf registration for preferred stock were cut to " ba3 " from " ba1 ."
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| 40. | Intel Corp .'s estimated earnings for 1998 and its stock rating were cut by UBS Securities, cable channel CNBC reported.
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