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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, APOL, CVC, CVX, CSTR, DFS, DPZ, PCS, VMI, WMB, YRCW)

Source: Jon Ogg
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cut to Underperform and named the Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) Cut to Neutral at Collins Stewart.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Domino’s Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) Cut to Neutral at UBS; Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE: VMI) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs; Started as Overweight at Barclays.
YRC Worldwide. Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) maintained Underperform but cut target to $6 from $15 at Credit Suisse.

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