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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, STD, BAC, BBBY, BIIB, BMRN, CPB, CBOE, EP, GPS, GDI, GIS, HNZ, KMI, KMP, KFT, NFLX, PRA, S)

Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Hold at Argus.
Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) Raised to Hold at Societe Generale.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Reiterated Buy but raised target to $140 at Argus; Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BRMN) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks. Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.
General Mills (NYSE: GIS) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $140 at Credit Suisse.
ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE: PRA) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Reiterated Hold but widened out loss estimates by Argus.

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