Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARG, IRE, BRCM, CPN, CELG, CIT, DRYS, GILD, INTC, LULU, MRVL, NVDA, PG, QCOM, RIMM, TXN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Neutral at Nomura; Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
Calpine Corporation (NASDAQ: CPN) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Started as Buy at Nomura.
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) Started as Neutral at Nomura.
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Reiterated Outperform and target raised to $75 at Raymond James.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Started as Reduce at Nomura.

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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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