Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKS, COMV, DCI, EPR, GOOG, GBX, RNWK, RIMM, RS, SOHU, SBUX, SYMC, TLEO)

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

AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Comverge, Inc. (NASDAQ: COMV) Cut to Neutral at Roth Capital.
Donaldson Co. (NYSE: DCI) Removed from US Focus List at Credit Suisse.
Entertainment Properties (NYSE: EPR) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late yesterday call).
Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) Started At Outperform By Wells Fargo
RealNetworks Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late yesterday call).
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) Maintained Buy but target Raised to $38 at Argus.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Raised to Buy at ISI Group.
Taleo Corp. (NASDAQ: TLEO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

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