Dendreon is upgraded to 'outperform,' and Aeropostale is downgraded to 'neutral.'
Bristol-Myers Squibb is upgraded to 'conviction buy' at Goldman, and Yelp is initiated with a 'neutral' at Piper Jaffray.
SuperValu is upgraded to 'neutral,' and Facebook is initiated with a 'buy.'
Disney is downgraded to 'above average' and Time Warner is upgraded to 'market perform.'
Goldman upgrades Northrop Grumman to 'neutral' and downgrades General Dynamics to 'sell.'
Citrix Systems is upgraded to 'outperform,' and MetroPCS is downgraded to 'market perform.'
Stocks on Wall Street were lower at midday, threatening to extend the market's slide to a fifth straight session.
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