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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MO, AVP, CAT, GMO, IGT, LO, MRVL, TFM, TSCO, WFT, WLP, ZNGA)

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

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) cut to Neutral at UBS.

Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

General Moly (NYSE: GMO) cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Lorillard Inc. (NYSE: LO) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) raised to Outperform at JMP Securities.

The Fresh Market (NASDAQ: TFM) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Tractor Supply Co. (NASDAQ: TSCO) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Wellpoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) cut to Market Perform at BMO.

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) downgraded at Citigroup, JPMorgan, Stifel Nicolaus, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and others.

JON C. OGG

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