These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens:

Abercombie & Fitch (ANF) Raised to Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF) Raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Hertz (HTZ) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Hewitt (HEW) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
ING (ING) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Lincoln National (LNC) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Verizon (VZ) Started as Buy at Pali Research.

JON C. OGG