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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMR, CVS, KR, FSLR, GRMN, SOLR, K, LDK, OXY, PTEN, PWER, TSO, TIF, WAG, ADTN, EK)

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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