Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACPW, ATHN, AH, CNP, COV, CTRP, POT, RLOC, RYL, TWX, USB, VOD)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research early this Tuesday:

Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
Accretive Health, Inc. (NYSE: AH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Started as Neutral at Baird; Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Ctrip.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP) Cut to Hold at RBS.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) target cut at Scotia Capital.
ReachLocal, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOC) Started as Buy at Citigroup; Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Vodafone plc (NYSE: VOD) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Goldman Sachs also said this morning: BUY WARREN BUFFETT!!!

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