Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEP, AAPL, APOL, CNI, CEO, DD, FDO, FLIR, KLIC, LIZ, TKC, VZ, WYNN, YRCWD)

These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Apple Inc.  (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy but target raised to $385 from $340 at Barclays.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Started as Neutral at UBS.
Canadian National Railway Co. (NYSE: CNI) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.(NYSE: FDO) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Monday call).
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) Reiterated Buy at Needham.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Liz Claiborne Inc. (NYSE: LIZ) Started as Neutral at SunTrust.
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (NYSE: TKC) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Cut to Market Perform at BMO; Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Monday call).
YRC Worldwide, Inc. (YRCWD) Started as Underperform at Morgan Keegan.

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