Company News for February 5, 2010

• Air Products (NYSE:APD - Analyst Report) announced plans to acquire Airgas (NYSE:ARG - Snapshot Report) for $60 per share, or $5.1 billion

• Aetna (NYSE:AET - Analyst Report) reported earnings of 40 cents, two cent off estimates of 42 cents, on revenues of $8.7 billion, slightly better than the $8.65 billion expected. Below-Street guidance was provided at $2.55-$2.65

• Aon (NYSE:AON - Snapshot Report) topped estimates, posting at 96 cents ex-items versus projections of 81 cents on revenues of $2.1 billion

• Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY - Analyst Report) missed estimates, reporting a loss of 52 cents, comparing poorly to estimates of a 38 cent loss, as revenues of $1.28 billion missed estimates of $1.37 billion

• Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB - Snapshot Report) upgraded Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM - Analyst Report) to a "buy," with a price target of $35

• FBR upgraded MetLife (NYSE:MET - Analyst Report) to "outperform," with a price target raised to $46 from $43

• KeyBanc (NYSE:KEY - Analyst Report) upgraded Tenneco (NYSE:TEN - Analyst Report) to a "buy," lifting the price target to $27 from $19

• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS - Analyst Report) downgraded Coach (NYSE:COH - Analyst Report) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN - Analyst Report) to "neutral"

• Janney Montgomery upgraded Best Buy (NYSE:BBY - Analyst Report) to a "buy," taking the price target from $42 to $44

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