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Analyst Upgrades

Verizon (VZ), FEMSA (FMX), Vornado (VNO), Duke Realty (DRE) and AvalonBay (AVB) to buy from neutral, as well as Carnival (CCL) to conviction buy from buy, at Goldman.
Symantec (SYMC) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
Copano Energy (CPNO), DCP Midstream (DPM) and Inergy (NRGY) to overweight from equal weight at Morgan Stanley.
SYNNEX (SNX) to strong buy from buy at Needham.
Eli Lilly (LLY) to hold from sell at Hapoalim.
World Wrestling (WWE) to buy from neutral at Roth Capital.

Analyst Downgrades

General Electric (GE) to market perform from outperform at Bernstein.
Goldman Sachs (GS) to neutral from overweight at JPMorgan.
AK Steel (AKS) to sell from neutral at UBS.
Verizon (VZ), Analog Devices (ADI), Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS), LSI Corp. (LSI) and SanDisk (SNDK) to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank.
Sterling Bancshares (SBIB) to market perform from outperform at FBR Capital.
BTU International (BTUI) to hold from buy at Wunderlich.
Autodesk (ADSK) to hold from buy at Citigroup.
Talbots (TLB) to neutral from buy at Janney Capital.
AT&T (T), Tupperware Brands (TUP) and CBL & Associates (CBL) to neutral from buy, as well as Cousins Properties (CUZ) to sell from neutral, at Goldman.
Amyris (AMRS) to equal weight from overweight and Magellan Midstream (MMP) to underweight at Morgan Stanley
Zions Bancorp (ZION) to sell from neutral at Sterne Agee.

Analyst Initiations

Insituform Technologies (INSU) with an outperform rating at Wedbush.
EOG Resources (EOG) and Oasis Petroleum (OAS) as buys at Wunderlich.
Eastman Chemical (EMN) with an overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Developers Diversified (DDR) with an underperform and Ramco-Gershenson (RPT) with a buy at Jefferies.