Big gaming companies' stocks downgraded

Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. analyst Jeffrey Logsdon has downgraded stock ratings on Las Vegas casino companies Harrah's Entertainment Inc., Park Place Entertainment Corp. and MGM MIRAGE to "neutral."

Logsdon also cut his ratings on Station Casinos Inc. from "neutral" to "underperform."

Separately, Boyd Gaming Corp. was downgraded from "buy" to "hold" by Brian Egger at Credit Suisse First Boston.

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