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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALXN, ACAS, ATHN, BCSI, CERN, SCHW, CL, FMCN, NVDA, PG, RVBD)

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

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) Started as Market Perform at Avondale.
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Hold at Roth.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

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