TiVo (TIVO) (KOS) (LPSN) (MITI) (NFP) (ROVI) (VMW) Get New Coverage

TiVo Inc (NASDAQ: TIVO), Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE: KOS), LivePerson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN), Micromet (NASDAQ: MITI), National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP), Rovi Corp (NASDAQ: ROVI) and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) getting new analyst coverage.

Merriman Curhan Ford initiated coverage on TiVo Inc. (TIVO). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

RBC Capital initiated coverage on Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS). They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $16.00 on the company.

Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage on LivePerson Inc. (LPSN). They placed a “buy” rating and a $16.00 price target on the company.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) initiated coverage on Micromet (MITI). They placed a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. initiated coverage on National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP). They placed an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Merriman Curhan Ford initiated coverage on Rovi Corp. (ROVI). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on VMware, Inc. (VMW). They placed a “Market Perform” rating on the company.

Akamai (AKAM) (RRC) (SNCR) (ESI) (AMCC) (LPSN) Get New Coverage

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), ITT Educational Services Inc (NYSE: ESI), Applied Micro Circuits Corp (NASDAQ: AMCC) and LivePerson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN) get new analyst coverage.

Brean Murray initiated coverage on Range Resources (RRC). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $72.00 on the company.

FBR Capital initiated coverage on Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (SNCR). They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $35.00 on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on ITT Educational Services Inc. (ESI). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $82.00 on the company.

Janney Montgomery Scott initiated coverage on LivePerson Inc. (LPSN). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Janney Montgomery Scott initiated coverage on Akamai Technologies (AKAM). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $8.00 on the company.

Ratings on (BWP) (HAE) (ICO) (LPSN) (OXY) Downgraded by Analysts

Ratings on Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (NYSE: BWP), Haemonetics Co. (NYSE: HAE), International Coal Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICO), LivePerson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN) and Occidental Petroleum Co. (NYSE: OXY) were downgraded today by analysts.

Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) downgraded Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (BWP) from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating.

Craig Hallum downgraded Haemonetics Co. (HAE) from a “buy” rating to an “accumulate” rating.

Brean Murray downgraded International Coal Group, Inc. (ICO) from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.

Craig Hallum downgraded LivePerson Inc (LPSN) from a “buy” rating to an “accumulate” rating.

Societe Generale downgraded Occidental Petroleum Co. (OXY) from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They have a price target of $108.00 on the company. They cited valuation as the catalyst behind their call.