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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APC, AAPL, BSFT, CAT, EA, FIO, GMAN, BTU, RFMD, TI)
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These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from select Wall St. research calls.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) reiterated Outperform and target raised to $109 from $99 at Credit Suisse.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) maintained Outperform but target price cut to $550 from $600 at Oppenheimer.
BroadSoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Raymond James.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) maintained Positive but target cut by $9 to $109 and estimates were lowered at Susquehanna.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Fusion-io Inc. (NYSE: FIO) started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Gordmans Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: GMAN) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray and cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) raised to Outperform at Raymond James.
RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: RFMD) raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Telecom Italia S.p.A. (NYSE: TI) cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
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