Top Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades (AWK, BP, BCS, BPX, BWA, COST, HAR, HPQ, INTC, LEA, PCLN, TEN, TWX, WIT)

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

American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to “A” at Ftich on debt ratng.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Boston Properties (NYSE: BPX) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Harman International (NYSE: HAR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) Started as Market Perform at Morgan Keegan (late Tuesday).
Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Cut to Hold at Benchmark Capital.
Wipro (NYSE: WIT) Started as Negative at Susquehanna.

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