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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CP, CME, GOOG, GDOT, ICE, NDAQ, N, NVTL, NYX, CRM, SNN, SMSI, SYMC, WFMI)

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

Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE: CP) Cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.
CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maintained Buy and price target Raised to $700 from $625 at Goldman Sachs.
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) Started as Outperform at Macquarie.
IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) Started as Market Perform at BMO.
Novatel Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) Raised to Buy at Jefferies (as Verizon iPad beneficiary).
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Started as Outperform at BMO.
Smith & Nephew plc (NYSE: SNN) Cut to Neutral at BNP Paribas.
Smith Micro Software Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan (as Verizon iPad beneficiary).
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Started as Outperform at William Blair.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

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