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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEP, BKS, BBBY, BP, CAT, DNDN, DOW, ELX, LLY, FE, LEAP, MET, PCLN, SQNM, SOLF)

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

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Started at Market Perform at Bernstein; Reiterated Overweight at JPMorgan.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Started as Outperform at Raymond James.
Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) Reiterated Buy at Needham.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Emulex Inc. (NYSE: ELX) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
First Energy Corp. (NYSE: FE) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) Raised to Buy at Auriga; Cut to Neutral at SunTrust.
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

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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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