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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKAM, ALXA, AAPL, CMA, DELL, DVN, EP, EMC, HPQ, IBM, LMT, NTAP, NVTL, SQNM)
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.
Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXA) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform with $500 target at Credit Suisse.
The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) reiterate Buy at BofA/ML.
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Started as Underperform with $16 target at Credit Suisse.
Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) Cut to Hold at Argus.
El Paso Electric Co. (NYSE: EP) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) Started as Outperform with $34 target at Credit Suisse.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Started as Outperform with $60 target at Credit Suisse.
International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) Started as Neutral with $175 target at Credit Suisse.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML.
NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Started as Neutral with $54 target at Credit Suisse.
Novatel Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) Reaffirmed as Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
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