Toby Smith Stock Review

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CREE downgrade: (& analyst connection to Lamina)


CREE: see Upgrades & Downgrades History about 1/2 way down the webpage
http://www.smartmoney.com/eqsnaps/index.cfm?story=ratings&symbol=CREE
Canaccord Adams downgrade from hold to sell....


NOTEs from me:
I read on a message board that the downgrade was made by Jed Dorsheimer
see 5/21/2007 news that Dorsheimer, Canaccord Adams analyst, joined Lamina advisory board


5/21/2007: Jonathan (Jed) Dorsheimer, Canaccord Adams analyst, on Lamina's advisory board
http://flashlightnews.org/story793.shtml


Dorsheimer's 2006 rating as an analyst:
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/25/PNUR.html


Adams Harkness (merged into Canaccord Adams in January 2006)
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/career/article.jsp?content=20070226_85343_85343
...In buying Adams Harkness, Canaccord Capital established a toehold with a known U.S. entity...


January 2005, Jed Dorsheimer, an analyst with Adams Harkness, wrote about LEDs & CREE
http://www.ledsmagazine.com/news/2/1/11


....Jed serves as an Advisory Board Member for Quanlight, Lamina Ceramics, Fusion Optix and most recently has become an advisor to the William J. Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative focused on reducing Greenhouse gas emissions....
http://www.canaccordadams.com/aboutus/people/technology/default.htm?bio=%7BFF7EB6C4-7D34-455B-9F71-F...