Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGN, ARMH, ATHN, BIDU, CPNO, CRY, ERIC, NOK, PAA, RST, STI, TRV)

These are some of the more prominent analyst upgrades and downgrades seen this Friday morning from Wall Street research calls:

Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Started as Outperform at Macquarie.
ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Buy at RBS.
Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Maintained Buy but Target Raised to $90 at Goldman Sachs.
Copano Energy LLC (NASDAQ: CPNO) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
CryoLife Inc. (NYSE: CRY) Started as Buy at Benchmark.
Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) Cut to Strong Sell from Sell at S&P Equity Research (late yesterday call).
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Raised to Buy at Wunderlich.
Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo; Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

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