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Oppenheimer downgraded Athenahealth ( ATHN ) to underperform from perform, citing valuation and slowing growth concerns. The firm lowered its target for shares to $31 from $37. Jefferies downgraded Northwest Pipe ( NWPX ) to hold from buy following the company's announcement it would delay its 10-K filing and that the SEC has launched an official investigation into its accounting.  

 

This man isn't laughing. No sir. Contestants on a French game show have tortured each other with electric shocks until one man cried for mercy and apparently dropped dead. However all was not quite as it seemed, while the participants thought they were starring in the pilot of a reality TV show, it was actually a psychological experiment.  

Like much of northwest Georgia's spring sports teams, the Murray County track and field team has had inclement weather rain, and snow, on its early-season schedule. Coach Sam Young said his team has had only four of what he called "full practices." Even on Monday, Young's squad practiced in less-than-ideal spring weather, as the wind worsened already cool temperatures.

because I’m not gonna have a team that’s not competitive.   -Sam Young

 

Ken Holland is on the phone from Kelowna, B.C., which is where Detroit coach Mike Babcock played junior hockey and which is not far from where Holland, the Red Wings' GM, grew up. The Red Wings deserve a bit of a breather in this resort town after their most trying season in nearly two decades -- and after a clutch victory the night before at Calgary, with a Tomas Holmstrom deflection in the waning minutes giving Detroit a 2-1 victory over the Flames, the team breathing down the Red Wings' neck for the f

That was obviously a huge game   -Ken Holland

 

These are this Tuesday's top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls during the pre-market hours. It is more skewed to downgrades, something we have not seen routinely in some time. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Hold from Buy at RBS.  

What a damned, stinking shame that the world's greatest hockey player also is a goon. The NHL needs Alex Ovechkin to be a post-Olympic ambassador, a seductive highlight reel, a daily reason for SportsCenter to feature his goal explosions and transcendent dazzle and flair. Every time he takes a shift for the Washington Capitals , he should respect the soil on which he makes his living, remember how many Americans viewed the gold-medal game on TV -- 34.8 million at the peak hour, or almost nine percent of t

He has the reputation that he plays hard. But things seem to be happening around him   -Mike Knuble

 

Would the U.S. government save it the way it saved Bear Stearns and AIG ? The official line from the government was no. But many couldn't believe it, given the systemic risk posed by a Lehman collapse. In the end, the government did let Lehman fail, which happened on Sept. 15, 2008.

no statutory framework existed that allowed the government to help Lehman in a material way.   -Christopher Cox

 

If the economy is starting to hum, the railroads must be, well, on track. Indeed, as strong signals indicate the economy is heading for a firm recovery, investors are rediscovering the railroads, which are among the first to benefit from improved economic activity. One example is CSX ( CSX ), a major provider of rail-based transportation services, whose shares have trekked up from $42 in early February 2010 to $50 on March 12.

It's the best bet among the railroads because of its vast assets, strong earnings prospects and a solid balance sheet, with a cash stash of $1 billion   -Carl Birkelbach

 

McDonald's 1 (9) MCD McDonald's posted obscenely good February same-store sales up 4.8% from last year. People will eat fattening food even in a snow storm. Rival Burger Kings claims lousy results.