Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (GENZ, IHS, KSU, MXIM, PBR, RIMM, SLRC, TUP, TKC, VOD)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

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

Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) Cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann.
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) Started as Buy at Needham & Co.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) Raised to Strong Buy at Needham.
Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR) Cut to Hold from Buy at S&P Equity (late yesterday).
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Neutral at Baird; target cut to $70 at Raymond James; target cut to $90 at RBC; target cut to $65 at UBS; target cut to $100 at TD
Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLRC) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital
Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Turkcell (NYSE: TKC) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.

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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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