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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAI, D, ERTS, GBX, INTU, KBH, LVS, LDK, NEM, PHM, SPRD, STP, TSL, YGE)

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral at UBS; Cut to Market Perform at Avondale.
Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Maintained Buy but cut target to $21 at Kaufman Bros.
Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $52 at Oppenheimer.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc.
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Cut to Underweight at HSBC.
Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
SunTech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) Cut to Underweight at HSBC.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) Cut to Underweight at HSBC.

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