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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APC, DCAI, HBAN, LDK, MCK, NLC, PEP, PM, POT, RIG)

These are some of the top research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen by Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning:

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Dialysis Corp. of America (NASDAQ: DCAI) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Target raised to $8 from $6.90 (was Neutral) at HSBC.
McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Nalco Holding Co. (NYSE: NLC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) Raised to the Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) Maintained Buy, but removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Raised To Buy at Desjardins (Canada).
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Raised to Strong Buy at First Securities.

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