Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AYR, ARBA, AFFY, AIPC, BIG, BVF, ETR, FTI, LNCR, NOV, RYAAY)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:

Aircastle Ltd. (NYSE: AYR) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Ariba Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Affymax, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
American Italian Pasta Co. (NASDAQ: AIPC) Cut to Neutral at Janney; Cut to Hold at BB&T Capital.
Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Biovail Corporation (NYSE: BVF) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Lincare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCR) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ: RYAAY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

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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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