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

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform with $410 at Baird (expanded details).
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Started as Buy at Collins Stewart.
Capella Education Co. (NASDAQ: CPLA) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOPE) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Logitech International (NASDAQ: LOGI) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Started as Neutral at Collins Stewart.
Monolithic Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: MPWR) Cut to Neutral at Gleacher & Company.
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (NYSE: PT) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale.
Syniverse Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SVR) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.

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