Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AOL, BNI, GLW, FFIV, NCR, NOK, STI, TJX, VCLK, YHOO)

December 11, 2009 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are the ten top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday from Wall Street research calls:

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) Cut to Market Perform at William Blair.
NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Raised to Hold at Societe Generale.
SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI) Started as Buy at Janney (late Thursday).
TJX Cos. (NYSE: TJX) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) Started as Hold at Lazard.
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) Raised to Buy at Kaufman Bros.

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