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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CVX, COP, XOM, NUE, PLD, Q, VZ, WDC, YGE)

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These are ten of the top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning:

Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) Started as Top Pick at RBC.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Started as Outperform at RBC.
ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Started as Sector Perform at RBC.
Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) Raised to Sector Perform at CIBC.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Qwest Communications International (NYSE: Q) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Raised To Perform at Oppenheimer.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) Raised to Outperform at Baird; Raised to BUy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

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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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