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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, BAC, BDX, CMG, GOOG, JPM, RAX, LEN, TSN, TOL, WFC)

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

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised target to $160 from $130 at Barclays.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Started as Buy at Ladenburg Thalmann.
Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Raised target to $675 from $620 at Barclays.
JPMOrgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Started as Buy at Ladenburg Thalmann.
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) Started as Buy at Auriga.
Lennar (NYSE: LEN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Started as Buy at Ladenburg Thalmann.

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