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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BSFT, PRSS, CBI, CMCSA, DNDN, DOW, FB, FGP, GSK, LVS, PMCS, RYAAY, STO, TSRA, TWC, VRTX)

Source: Jon Ogg
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning.

Broadsoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

CafePress Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSS) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan and cut to Neutral at Cowen.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (NYSE: CBI) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse and cut to Neutral at Lazard.

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) started as Buy at Jefferies.

Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan and cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) cut to Hold at Argus.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein.

Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE: FGP) raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) cut to Hold at Argus.

PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) cut to Hold at Wunderlich and cut to Hold at Jefferies.

Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: RYAAY) cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.

Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Tessera Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) started as Buy at Jefferies.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTX) cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Banking and brokerage analyst Meredith Whitney bashed the big banks again today to downsize their models on Bloomberg TV.

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JON C. OGG

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