- PNRA and CBRL cut to underperform from outperform
- CMG cut to Underperform from Market Perform
- EAT cut to Market Perform from Strong Buy
- TXRH cut to outperform from strong buy
- RT cut to underperform from market perform
- CHUX cut to market perform from outperform
- DRI cut to market perform from outperform

Consumer discr. sector headlines

• BTG.GE Yesterday 10:20pm
  Bertelsmann WSJ: Restructuring efforts to eliminate two large publishing groups within Random House- Random House is the country's largest consumer-book publisher
  
• HD Yesterday 08:39pm
  Home Depot Inc President of Chinese unit Chen Yaodong has resigned - China Business News
  
• LNCE Yesterday 07:35pm
  Lance Inc Announces Successful Bid to Purchase Assets of Archway Cookies LLC- Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Lance will acquire substantially all of the assets of Archway for approximately more...
  
• WOLF Yesterday 07:28pm
  Great Wolf Resorts Inc Announces 30-Day Extension of Maturity Date on Mason, Ohio Mortgage Loan- Has negotiated a 30-day extension of the November 30, 2008 maturity date on the company's $76.8M non-recourse mortgage loan more...
  
• VIA Yesterday 07:09pm
  Viacom Inc. FT reports that Redstone has agreed to the partial sale of 1,500 cinemas