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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIR, ALL, EPD, FDX, FSLR, HON, JDSU, LNKD, BIN, RHT, SKS, SFY, SPRD, SPWR, TRLG, VCLK, WFM)

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

AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.

Enterprise Products Partners. LP (NYSE: EPD) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) Raised to Strong Buy at Raymond James.

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) maintain HOLD with $20 target at Canaccord Genuity.

Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU) Reiterated Buy with $17 target at Argus.

LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) target raised to $140 at Susquehanna.

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (NYSE: BIN) Cut to Neutral with $23 target at Credit Suisse.

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) Started as Outperform at BMO.

Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) Reiterated Buy and $14 target at Argus.

Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $21 at Canaccord Genuity.

SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) Raised to Hold at ThinkEquity.

Swift Energy Company (NYSE: SFY) Reiterated Buy but cut target to $40 at Canaccord Genuity.

True Religion Apparel, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRLG) named value stock of the day at Zacks.

ValueClick, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCLK) Raised to Buy at S&P Capital IQ (late-Thursday call).

Whole Foods Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

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