Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AOL, ARMH, XOM, FNSR, MJN, PALM, PMCS, RSH, SBIB, V)

These are Monday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Underperform at Credit Suisse.
ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Raised to Buy at Societe Generale.
Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE: MJN) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) Raised to Hold from Sell at Jesup & Lamont.
PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS) Cut to Equal Weight at BArclays.
RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Sterling Bancshares (NASDAQ: SBIB) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) Raised to Outperform at Baird.

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JON C. OGG