Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BA, FTO, HANS, IACI, MA, MDT, OMX, VRSN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are this Monday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:

Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Frontier Oil Corp. (NYSE: FTO) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ: HANS) Started as Buy at Standpoint Research.
IAC/Interactive Corp. (NASDAQ: IACI) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) Started as Buy at Argus.
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) Raised to Buy at Lazard.
OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

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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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