Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, ACF, BCS, DELL, D, FDX, HES, LULU, NICE, PGI, THC, UPS)

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By Jon C. Ogg Published

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

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
AmeriCredit Corp. (NYSE: ACF) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Lowered targets by RBS.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D) Raised to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Nice Systems Limited (NASDAQ: NICE) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Buy at UBS.

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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