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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, AU, BP, BIIB, CELG, GILD, HMY, HGSI, LYG, MPEL, MVIS, RIMM, TEVA, VPHM, WBD)

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

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Reiterated Buy and Raised Target at Collins Stewart.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Started as Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) Started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) Raised to Equalweight at Barclays.
Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ: MPEL) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Raised to Buy at UBS.
Microvision Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Started as Sell at BGC.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
ViroPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: VPHM) Started as Outperform at Leerink Swann.
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OSJC (NYSE: WBD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

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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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