These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.
Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ: BRCM) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) Cut to Underperform at Macquarie.
F
rontier Oil (NYSE: FTO) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Hansen Medical (NASDAQ: HNSN) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo.
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) Raised to Buy at UBS.
MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) Cut to at JPMorgan.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Sell at Broadpoint AmTech.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) Raised to Buy at UBS.
UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

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January 4, 2010