Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AMZN, BCE, BIIB, LEAP, PDLI, C

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Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
BCE (NYSE: BCE) Cut to Sector Perform at Scotia.
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PDL BioPharma (NASDAQ: PDLI) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan
Town Sports International (NASDAQ: CLUB) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Yamana (NYSE: AUY) Cut to Buy at TD.
Jon C. Ogg
January 5, 2009


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