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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, ANN, ABT, ATHN, ADSK, EAT, BMY, CELG, CSCO, FSLR, INTU, STP, SPWRA)

These are some of the major research calls we have seen from analysts in their upgrades, downgrades, and initiations so far this Monday:

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Ann Taylor Stores Corp. (NYSE: ANN) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut To Neutral From Buy By Goldman Sachs
athenahealth, Inc. (NBASDAQ: ATHN) Cut to Market Perform at William Blair.
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Maintained Buy but removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Brinker International Inc. (NYSE: EAT) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Raised To Buy with $27 target at Auriga
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Started as Underperform at Needham.
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) Started as Buy at UBS.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Started as Hold at Needham.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Cut to Hold at Needham.

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