Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEIS, AWK, ADM, AVGO, CTL, GPS, HAL, HAS, LVS, RIMM, SLB, S, DIS)

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

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Raised to Buy and $19 target at BofA/ML.
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) Reiterated Buy but raised target to $30 at BofA/ML.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) Reiterated Buy and $35 target at Gleacher & Co.
CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research (late-Tuesday call); Reiterated Buy with $48 target at Argus.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) Cut to Neutral as the Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) Started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) Raised to Buy and $7 target at Argus.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Raised to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) named as Bull of the Day with Outperform and $48 target at Zacks.

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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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