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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMR, CVS, KR, FSLR, GRMN, SOLR, K, LDK, OXY, PTEN, PWER, TSO, TIF, WAG, ADTN, EK)
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These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.
AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Hold at Argus.
CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) replaced The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) on Credit Suisse’s Focus List.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros.
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) Raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) Raised to Hold at Argus; Raised to Outperform at BMO.
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Started as Neutral at Collins Stewart.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) Reiterated Buy but raised target to $110 at Argus.
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEN) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Power-One Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER) Maintained Buy but cut target to $13 at Auriga.
Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Raised to Outperform at Zacks Investment Research as the Bull of the Day. Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) Cut to Underperform from Neutral and called the Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
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