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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADSK, STD, BBVA, BUCY, EOG, XCO, LEAP, STEC, TWX, UPL)

These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning:

Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.
Bucyrus International (NASDAQ: BUCY) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
EXCO Resources (NYSE: XCO) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP) Reiterated Hold ahead of earnings at Auriga.
STEC Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank; Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Started as Buy at Janney Montgomery.
Ultra Petroleum (NYSE: UPL) maintained Buy but removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

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