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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADM, CIEN, DLTR, EK, EXC, GPS, LDK, MA, WFR, MET, TAP, MOT, EDU, VECO)
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These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) Raised to Hold at Brean Murray.
Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) Raised to Neutral at HSBC.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
MEMC Electronics (NYSE: WFR) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
MetLife (NYSE: MET) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP) Started as Overweight at Barclays.
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
New Oriental Education (NYSE: EDU) Raised to Buy at Brean Murray; Started as Neutral at Cowen.
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO) Started as Buy at Lazard.
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