Article: [ ANALYSTS' ACTION // The Bears ]

Notable stock ratings issued in the last week. (Trading symbols in parentheses.)

Steel yourself

LTV Corp. (LTV) was downgraded to "neutral" from "outperform" by analyst Waldo T. Best at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

Have a cow, man

Gateway Inc. (GTW) was downgraded to:

"Market perform" from "strong buy" by analyst Philip C. Rueppel at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.

"Buy" from "strong buy" by analyst Robert Cihra at ING Barings.

"Buy" from "strong buy" by analyst Kurtis R. King at Banc of America Securities.

"Buy" from "strong buy" by analyst Kevin A. McCarthy at Credit Suisse First Boston.

"Neutral" from "buy" by analyst James T. Waggoner at Sands Bros. & Co. Ltd.

"Buy" from "strong buy" by ...

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