Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABB, AKAM, AMGN, CCL, GOL, RHT, SUN, SVU, THC, TIBX, TSL, UNH, YGE, YRCW)

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

ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee.
Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Maintained Underperform with $56 target at BofA/ML.
Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (likely late-Tuesday call).
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) Reiterated Buy and $53 target at BofA/ML.
Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) Reiterated Sell at Argus.
SuperValu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) Raised to Buy at Hapoalim.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) Maintained as Underperform at BofA/ML.
Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) Maintained Neutral but target raised to $26 from $17 at Credit Suisse.
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) Reiterated Outperform and target raised to to $48 at Credit Suisse.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) Started as Neutral with $12 target at Credit Suisse.
YRC Worldwide. Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) Maintained Underperform at Credit Suisse.

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