New Ratings (AMZN, CBI, CSCO, CREE, FLR, FWLT, GVA. IPG, JEC, JNPR, KBR, OMC, RVBD, SFY, TMO, URS, VECO)

Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 08:21 Written by Danny Miller

New York, December 15^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the new analyst ratings before the market open.

Research Firms Initiate:

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), the larges online retailer, was initiated with Outperform and a target price of $210 at Morgan Keegan.

Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE:CBI), the engineering and construction firm specializing in energy infrastructure projects, was initiated with a Bu and a target price of $52 at Sterne Agee.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), the world’s largest networking equipment maker, was initiated with a Buy at Nomura.

Cree (NASDAQ:CREE), the maker of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications, was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $45 at Maxum.

Fluor Corp. (NYSE:FLR), the engineering company, was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $65 at Sterne Agee.

Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT), the global construction and engineering services provider, was initiated with a Neutral at Sterne Agee.

Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) was initiated with Underperform and a target price of $24 at Sterne Agee.

Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG), the advertising and marketing firm, was initiated with Overweight at Barclays.

Jacobs Engineering (NYSE:JEC) was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $53 at Sterne Agee.

Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR), the provider of Internet infrastructure solutions, was initiated with a Neutral at Nomura.

KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR), the global Engineering, construction and services Company, was initiated with a Neutral at Sterne Agee.

Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC), the global media advertising company, was initiated with Equal Weight at Barclays.

Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the developer and manufacturer of WAN optimization and network traffic measurement products, was initiated with a Neutral at Nomura.

Swift Energy (NYSE:SFY) was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $40 at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Thermo Fisher (NYSE:TMO), the scientific instruments and laboratory equipment maker, was initiated with Outperform at Credit Suisse.

URS Corp. (NYSE:URS), the integrated engineering, construction and technical services firm, was initiated with a Buy and a target price of $45 at Sterne Agee.

Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO), the provider of process equipment solutions, was initiated with a Sell and a target price of $8 at Maxum.