Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, MT, ADM, BRCM, HOC, JBLU, MD, NVTL, ORCL, RIMM, SAI, SUP, UTHR)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Started as Outperform at RBC.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: Maintained Buy at Argus.
Holly Corp. (NYSE: HOC) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Jetblue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
Mednax Inc. (NYSE: MD) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Reiterated Outperform asd #1 Pick at Credit Suisse.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML; Maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse.
SAIC Inc. (NYSE: SAI) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Superior Industries International, Inc. (NYSE: SUP) Maintained as Outperform and Bull of the Day at Zacks.
United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

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