Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, ARG, BRCM, CME, XOM, HD, NWL, HK, PCLN, DIS)

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

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.
AirGas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Cut to Neutral at Baird; Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
CME Group (NYSE: CME) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE: HK) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Pricline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

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JON C. OGG
FEBRUARY 8, 2010