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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BP, CKR, CSX, FWLT, FLR, GME, HES, PNRA, MCD, MSFT, UNP)

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

BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
CKE Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: CKR) Cut to Sell at Roth.
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (NASDAQ: FWLT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) Raised to Buy at Janney.
Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) Raised to Hold at Benchmark.
Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Started as Buy at SStern Agee.
Microsoft Corp. (NASSDAQ: MSFT) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

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