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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (A, AMSG, BUD, AAPL, BBBY, GLW, CMRE, DAC, FTE, NU, PENN, CRM, SSW)

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

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised targets as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG) Cut price/estimates as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Reiterated Buy and $67 target at BofA/ML.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Strong Buy and $430 target at S&P Equity Research (late yesterday call).
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $60 at Argus.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) Maintained Buy and $28 target at BofA/ML.
Costamare Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRE) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $21 at BofA/ML.
Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) Maintained Underperform and $6.50 target at BofA/ML.
France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) Cut to Sell at RBS.
Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $41 at Argus.
Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Seaspan Corp. (NYSE: SSW) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

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