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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BA, FTO, HANS, IACI, MA, MDT, OMX, VRSN)

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

Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Frontier Oil Corp. (NYSE: FTO) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ: HANS) Started as Buy at Standpoint Research.
IAC/Interactive Corp. (NASDAQ: IACI) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Started as Buy at Argus.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Raised to Buy at Lazard.
OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

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