Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMAP, AVGO, BCSI, BPO, DEO, GPS, MOSY, MYGN, NRGY, SBUX, XLNX)

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

AutoNavi Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: AMAP) Started as Outperform at Pacific Crest.
Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) Maintained Buy and Raised Target to $30 at Gleacher.
Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI) Started at Market Perform at William Blair.
Brookfield Properties Corporation (NYSE: BPO) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Diageo plc (NYSE: DEO) Raised to Neutral at Barclays.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Neutral at Wedbush.
Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ: MOSY) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) Cut to Neutral at Global Hunter.
Inergy, L.P. (NYSE: NRGY) Raised To Buy From Hold By Wunderlich; Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) raised debt rating to BBB+ at S&P (late Tuesday call).
Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Tuesday call).

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