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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CERN, C, DWA, JCG, DWA, LOW, MERU, NVDA, SLRY, RIG, WDR, ZION)

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

Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
J. Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: D) Raised to Buy at Longbow.
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) Raised to Buy at Longbow.
Meru Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERU) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Salary.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLRY) Cut to Market-Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Raised to Outperform at Macquarie.
Waddell & Reed Financial (NYSE: WDR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.

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