Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALXN, ACAS, ATHN, BCSI, CERN, SCHW, CL, FMCN, NVDA, PG, RVBD)

By Jon C. Ogg Updated
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These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) Started as Market Perform at Avondale.
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Hold at Roth.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

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