Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, ARIA, BIIB, CELG, LFC, CSCO, DRI, FIO, GPN, HUM, LEN, MSI, TLB, TZOO)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Started as Outperform at BMO.
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) Started as Outperform at BMO.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Started as Underperform at BMO.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Started as Outperform at BMO.
China Life Insurance (NYSE: LFC) Started as Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Fusion-io Inc. (NYSE: FIO) Started as Sell at Merriman.
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) named value stock of the day at Zacks.
Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) Started as Outperform at FBR.
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
The Talbots Inc. (NYSE: TLB) Raised to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan.
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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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