Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/13: JDSU, NKE, NTAP, GOOG Upgraded; WNR, RIMM, SNDA, OVTI Downgraded

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UPGRADES
Piper Jaffray upgraded JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU) to Overweight, while the firm raised its price target on the stock from $13 to $17.

UBS upgrades Nike (NYSE: NKE) from Neutral to Buy, price target raised from $84 to $100.

Barclays upgraded NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP) from Equal Weight to Overweight, with a price target boosted from $56 to $67.

Wedbush upgraded Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) from Neutral to Outperform, with a price target increased from $575 to $750. Click Here for more color.

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DOWNGRADES
RBC Capital downgraded Western Refining (NYSE: WNR) from Sector Perform to Underperform, raising its price target from $7 to $8.

Exane BNP Paribas downgrades Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) from Outperform to Neutral, with a $60 price target maintained.

Deutsche Bank downgrades Shanda Interactive (Nasdaq: SNDA) from Hold to Sell with a price target dropped to $33.70. Click Here for more color.

J.P. Morgan downgrades OmniVision Tech (Nasdaq: OVTI) to Neutral from Overweight with a $35 price target. Click Here for more color.

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NEW COVERAGE
Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) with a Conviction Buy list rating and $430 price target. Click Here for more color.

SodaStream (Nasdaq: SODA) started by several firms today:

J.P. Morgan with a Neutral rating and a price target of $38;
William Blair with an Outperform rating and a price target of $40;
Oppenheimer with an Outperform rating and a price target of $40;
Roth Capital with a Buy rating and a price target of $50;
Deutsche Bank at Hold, with a price target of $35. Click Here for more color; and
Stifel Nicolaus at Hold.

JPMorgan initiates coverage on NovaGold Resources (NYSE: NG) with an Overweight rating and a price target of $19.

Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on EMC (NYSE: EMC) with a Buy rating and $27 price target. Click Here for more color.

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