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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEP, BKS, BBBY, BP, CAT, DNDN, DOW, ELX, LLY, FE, LEAP, MET, PCLN, SQNM, SOLF)
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning:
American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Started at Market Perform at Bernstein; Reiterated Overweight at JPMorgan.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Started as Outperform at Raymond James.
Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) Reiterated Buy at Needham.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Emulex Inc. (NYSE: ELX) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
First Energy Corp. (NYSE: FE) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) Raised to Buy at Auriga; Cut to Neutral at SunTrust.
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
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