Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIB, AMD, CREE, DNDN, GS, ERIC, LVS, MCD, MOS, POT, PIR, CRM, TLB, WYNN)

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

Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Maintained Sell and $6 target at Auriga.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Raised to Buy at Morgan Joseph.
Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) Started as Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) Raised to Outperform at CRedit Suisse.
McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) Raised to Buy at Janney Capital.
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Cut to Neutral from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR) Started as Buy at BB&T.
Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Buy at Janney.
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Started as Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

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