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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, APOL, CVC, CVX, CSTR, DFS, DPZ, PCS, VMI, WMB, YRCW)

Jon Ogg
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cut to Underperform and named the Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) Cut to Neutral at Collins Stewart.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) Cut to Neutral at UBS; Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE: VMI) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs; Started as Overweight at Barclays.
YRC Worldwide. Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) maintained Underperform but cut target to $6 from $15 at Credit Suisse.

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