Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BSFT, PRSS, CBI, CMCSA, DNDN, DOW, FB, FGP, GSK, LVS, PMCS, RYAAY, STO, TSRA, TWC, VRTX)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning.

Broadsoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

CafePress Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSS) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan and cut to Neutral at Cowen.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (NYSE: CBI) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse and cut to Neutral at Lazard.

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) started as Buy at Jefferies.

Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan and cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) cut to Hold at Argus.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein.

Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE: FGP) raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) cut to Hold at Argus.

PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) cut to Hold at Wunderlich and cut to Hold at Jefferies.

Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: RYAAY) cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.

Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Tessera Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) started as Buy at Jefferies.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTX) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Banking and brokerage analyst Meredith Whitney bashed the big banks again today to downsize their models on Bloomberg TV.

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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