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Upgrades and Downgrades

Upgrades

WYN – Wyndham Worldwide initiated with Neutral at Nomura

APC – Anadarko Petro upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer

CVX – Chevron target raised to $120 at Oppenheimer

AA – Alcoa initiated with a Buy at Stifel Nicolaus

SIMO – Silicon Motion initiated with a Outperform at Northland Securities

CFN – CareFusion initiated with a Market Perform at BMO Capital

BCR – C.R. Bard initiated with a Neutral at Cowen

CHTR – Charter Comm initiated with an Outperform at Credit Suisse

VMW – VMware added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman

RA – RailAmerica initiated with a Sector Perform at RBC Capital

BRCM – Broadcom initiated with Buy at  Societe Generale

QCOM –  initiated with Hold at Societe Generale

KSU – KC Southern  initiated with an Outperforms at RBC Capital

DFS – Discover Financial Services initiated with Market Perform at William Blair

AKS – AK Steel upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman

WXS – Wright Express initiated with Outperform at William Blair

GWR – Genesee & Wyoming initiated with an Outperforms at RBC Capital

PEP – PepsiCo upgraded to Buy at Argus

Downgrades

PCL – Plum Creek downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital

SQNM – Sequenom downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray

COH – Coach initiated with a Hold at Deutsche Bank

CAKE – Cheesecake Factory upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray

X – U.S. Steel downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman

TEL – TE Connectivity upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at JP Morgan

IBM – IBM downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at FBN Securities

BMI – Badger Meter downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Janney Montgomery Scott

BSX – Boston Scientific initiated with a Neutral at Cowen

HAS – Hasbro downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman

STJ – St. Jude Medical initiated with a Neutral at Cowen

CROX – Crocs target lowered to $21 at Stifel Nicolaus

EP – El Paso downgraded to Neutral from Positive at Susquehanna

PGR – Progressive downgraded to Hold at Argus

TLM – Talisman Energy initiated with a Buy at Tudor Pickering

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