Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAP, AMD, BKD, SCHW, MY, DF, DNN, IHG, PAAS, PWRD, VFC)

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These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Maintained Buy and $12 target at Gleacher & Co.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
China Ming Yang Wind Power (NYSE: MY) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research.
Denison Mines Corp. (AMEX: DNN) Raised to Hold at TD.
Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE: IHG) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) targets Raised by Raymond James and by TD.
Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) Cut to Neutral at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch.

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JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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