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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APC, CRUS, LULU, MPEL, NFLX, NTAP, ODP, POZN, VRTX, WX)

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday:

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Cirrus Logic Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS) Cut to Buy from Strong Buy at Needham.
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) Target Cut to $4.80 from $5.60 at Credit Suisse.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
POZEN, Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
WuXi PharmaTech Inc. (NYSE: WX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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