Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACPW, ATHN, AH, CNP, COV, CTRP, POT, RLOC, RYL, TWX, USB, VOD)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research early this Tuesday:

Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
Accretive Health, Inc. (NYSE: AH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Started as Neutral at Baird; Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Ctrip.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP) Cut to Hold at RBS.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) target cut at Scotia Capital.
ReachLocal, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOC) Started as Buy at Citigroup; Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Vodafone plc (NYSE: VOD) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Goldman Sachs also said this morning: BUY WARREN BUFFETT!!!

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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