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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARG, IRE, BRCM, CPN, CELG, CIT, DRYS, GILD, INTC, LULU, MRVL, NVDA, PG, QCOM, RIMM, TXN)

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

Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Neutral at Nomura; Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Calpine Corporation (NASDAQ: CPN) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Started as Buy at Nomura.
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Reiterated Outperform and target raised to $75 at Raymond James.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Started as Reduce at Nomura.

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