Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMSC, SOLR, MRO, MIPI, SUN, TSO, TIF, UPS, VLO, ZION)

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

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) Started as Buy at Wunderlich.
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MIPI) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION) Raised to Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

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JON 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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