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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, ARBA, COG, CSL, CBOE, CLX, DNDN, EBAY, GPS, HIT, KCG, LBTYA, MRVL, MSFT, ONXX, PRU, QNST, SPWRA, VZ)

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

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Ariba Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) Raised to Buy at Canaccord Genuity.
Carlisle Companies (NYSE: CSL) Reiterated Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Clorox Corporation (NYSE: CLX) Cut to UNderweight at Morgan Stanley.
Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) Maintained Buy and $62 target at Needham.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Raised to Outperform at Pac-Crest.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays.
Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Liberty Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) Raised to Outperform at Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Started as Buy at Auriga.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Reiterated Hold at Argus.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) maintained Buy but cut target to $48 at Canaccord Genuity.
Prudential Financial. Inc. (NYSE: PRU) Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse.
QuinStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: QNST) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Cut to Underperform at Needham; Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

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