These are the top upgrades and positive calls we have seen from analysts on Wall Street this Friday morning:

• Alliance Resource (ARLP) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
• Allscripts-Misys Healthcare (MDRX) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
• Family Dollar (FDO) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Gold Fields (GFI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
• Lowe’s (LOW) Raised To Outperform at FBR.
• McCormick & Schmick’s (MSSR) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• McDermott (MDR) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
• TASER (TASR) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.

JON C. OGG