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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BX, D, FCX, GS, NFLX, PAYX, SPLS, SLB, VALE)
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These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning:
Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper (NYSE: FCX) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) Estimates cut by Dick Bove of Rochdale.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Underperform at BofA/Merrill Lynch; Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros; Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) Raised to Neutral at Janney Montgomery Scott.
Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
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