Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BHP, DF, ENER, HEV, VTIV, JCP, LVLT, PRI, TSN, VISN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning:

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) Raised to Neutral at Macquarie.
Ener1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) Raised to Neutral at Janney.
inVentiv Health (NASDAQ: VTIV) Cut to Hold/$26 Target at Auriga.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) Raised to Buy (late Monday) at D.A. Davidson.
Primerica, Inc. (NYSE: PRI) Started as Neutral at KBW; Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Visionchina Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISN) Raised to Hold with $3.50 Target at Auriga.

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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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