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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAP, ALU, ATK, BWEN, BRCD, CLWR, CVH, CUB, DISH, EOG, INTC, MET, PCS, SPG)

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

Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Broadwind Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWEN) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros.
Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE: CVH) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Raised to Buy at UBS.
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
MetroPCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

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