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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANR, BSFT, CMS, D, ERIC, KBR, KCG, NWSA, POT, SIRI, SONS, DDD, USB, XEL)

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

Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) cut to Hold at Brean Murray Carret.

BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) started as Perform at Oppenheimer.

CMS Energy Corp. (NYSE: CMS) cut to Hold at Argus.

Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) raised to Hold from Sell at Soc-Gen.

KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR) maintained as Buy but removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) cut to Market Perform at KBW.

News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Sonus Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SONS) started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) cut to Hold at Argus.

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