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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, ARO, AKS, AEO, AEP, AMLN, CHKP, COH, GPS, JKS, KKR, LTD, TLAB, UBS)

These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late Tuesday call).
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Started as Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) Started as Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

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