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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, MT, CVS, DELL, FDX, GERN, GFIG, HPQ, RTP, UPS, WAG, WFC, WFMI)

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These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning:

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Raised to Buy at Standpoint Research.
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Geron Corp. (NASDAQ: GERN) Started as Buy at Roth.
GFI Group (NASDAQ: GFIG) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Raised to Buy at Standpoint Research.
Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RTP) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.

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