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UPGRADES Stifel Nicolaus upgrades SandRidge Energy (NYSE: SD) from Hold to Buy.

Bernstein lifts AMD (NYSE: AMD) from Market Perform to Outperform, its price target raised from $6.50 to $10. BofA/Merrill Lynch boosts Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) from Underperform to Buy, price target raised from $2 to $17.

Maxim Group raises Youku.com (NYSE: YOKU) from Sell to Hold.

UPGRADES BofA/Merrill Lynch upgrades FedEx (NYSE: FDX) from Neutral to Buy.

ThinkEquity lifts Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN) from Hold to Buy. Piper Jaffray boosts Corning (NYSE: GLW) from Neutral to Overweight, raising its price target from $13 to $16.

Pacific Crest ups Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) from Sector Perform to Outperform, moving its price target to $34.

Sterne Agee upgrades K-Swiss (Nasdaq: KSWS) from Underperform to Neutral.

UPGRADES JPMorgan upgrades Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) from Underweight to Overweight with a price target of $21 (up from $17).

Stifel Nicolaus lifts GMX Resources (NYSE: GMXR) from Sell to Hold. Barclays boosts Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) from Equalweight to Overweight, its price target raised from $21 to $31.

JPMorgan raises Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) from Underweight to Neutral, its price target boosted from $91 to $108.

UPGRADES Wells Fargo upgrades First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN) from Market Perform to Outperform, its valuation range raised from $9 to $10 to a range of $10 to $11. Click Here for more color.

UPGRADES Goldman Sachs upgrades CF Industries (NYSE: CF) to Conviction Buy with a price target of $225. Click Here for more color.

BofA/Merrill Lynch lifts CEMEX (NYSE: CX) from Neutral to Buy. Needham & Company boosts Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) from Hold to Buy, with an $86 price target.

UPGRADES Goldman Sachs upgrades Citi (NYSE: C) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $36 (up from $35). Click Here for more color.

Piper Jaffray lifts Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) from Neutral to Overweight, price target raised from $65 to $75.

UPGRADES Atlantic Equities lifts US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) from Underweight to Neutral, raising its price target from $26 to $30.

National Bank boosts Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) from Underperform to Sector Perform, its price target raised from $39.50 to $46.

Craig-Hallum upgrades Teradyne (NYSE: TER) from Hold to Buy, its price target lifted from $15 to $20.50. Raymond James raises First Niagara Financial (Nasdaq: FNFG) from Underperform to Market Perform.

UPGRADES Evercore Partners upgrades Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) from Underweight to Equal Weight, its price target raised from $8 to $11.

Susquehanna boosts NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) from Neutral to Positive, raising its price target from $13 to $18. Canaccord Genuity lifts St.

Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) from Hold to Buy, price target raised from $42 to $50.

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• Apple Inc.
  
  (Nasdaq: AAPL) high of $454.45. Apple moving higher following first-quarter results issued after the mark yesterday that seemed to have given a new definition to the very meaning of the phrase "earnings beat." Apple received a veritable smörgåsbord of analyst price target and estimate changes across the board.

UPGRADES Deutsche Bank upgrades Bed Bath and Beyond (Nasdaq: BBBY) to Buy with a price target of $70. Click Here for more color.

Citi lifts Novellus (Nasdaq: NVLS) from Neutral to Buy. Citi upgraded KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq: KLAC) from Neutral to Buy.