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Top10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, APD, BP, BRCD, NAT, OSG, OVTI, TEVA, TRMB, WBS)

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades that are independent of earnings news from Wall Street this Thursday morning:

ABB (ABB) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale.
Air Products (APD) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
BP plc (BP) Raised to Buy at RBS.
Brocade Communications Systems (BRCD) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Nordic American Tanker (NAT) Cut to Sell at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Overseas Shipholding (OSG) Cut to Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald.
OmniVision (OVTI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Teva (TEVA) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Trimble Navigation (TRMB) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
Webster Financial (WBS) Cut to Underperform at FBR.

JON C. OGG

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