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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIXG, NLY, BUD, AVB, BRK-A, EQR, POT, TEL, CREE, FLEX, JBL, POT, SKH, TEL, VECO)

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

Aixtron AG (NASDAQ: AIXG) Started as Buy at Sterne Agee
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Started as Buy at Wunderlich Securities.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started At Overweight By HSBC
AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) Started as Buy at Jefferies; Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) Cut to Sell from Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) Started At Buy By Jefferies
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Cut target ($105) and estimates at CIBC.
Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) Started as Underweight at J.P. Morgan.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Started as Buy at Sterne Agee
Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX) Started as Overweight at J.P. Morgan
Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) Started as Overweight at J.P. Morgan
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Cut target ($105) and estimates at CIBC.
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) Cut to Hold at Jefferies; also cut late yesterday at JMP Securities and at Credit Suisse after the stock imploded.
Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) Started as Underweight at J.P. Morgan
Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) Started as Buy at Sterne Agee

JON C. OGG

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