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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGAM, ALGN, AIB, IRE, BA, DRI, NFLX, NOK, SQNM)

These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen this Wednesday morning from Wall Street research calls:

AGA Medical Holdings (NASDAQ: AGAM) Started as Outperform at Baird.
Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) Reiterated Buy (call on weakness) at Brean Murray.
Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Raised to Buy at RBS.
Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Raised to Hold at RBS.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) Raised to Outperform at Cowen.
Neflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to equal weight at Barclays.
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) Started as Underperform with $0.50 target at Wedbush Morgan.

JON C. OGG

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