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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APC, BUD, ACN, BKW, CTSH, DF, EPR, GE, GGP, MMM, PSX, QCOM, O, SNDK, SNH, SPG, SVU, SKT)

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

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC): Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD): Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN): Started as Neutral at BofA/ML.

Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: BKW): Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: CTSH): Started as Buy at BofA/ML.

Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF): Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE: EPR): Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE): Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP): Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

3M Co. (NYSE: MMM): Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX): Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM): Raised to Hold at Soc-Gen.

Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O): Started as Sell at Goldman Sachs.

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK): Cut to Neutral at Baird.

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH): Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG): Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU): Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. (NYSE: SKT): Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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