Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, ALTR, BUD, CIEN, DOV, HGSI, ISRG, NTAP, NFLX, PEET, RL, SMTC, STP, UPS, WMB)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $40 at BofA/ML.
Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Reiterated Buy and $52 target at Gleacher & Co.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) Reiterated Buy and Raised 12-mo. target to $30 at Argus.
Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) Started as Neutral with $70 target at Credit Suisse.
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) Maintained Outperform and Raised target to $34 at Credit Suisse.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) Started as Buy at Collins Stewart (late-yesterday call).
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Reiterated Buy and $275 target at BofA/ML.
Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) Cut to Sell at Janney.
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ: SMTC) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $29 at Gleacher & Co.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Cut to Underweight at HSBC.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Reiterated Buy and $82 target at Bof/ML.
Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $36 at Argus.

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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