Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, DOW, DNKN, HBC, ITRI, PHG, SHOO, WNR)

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It is a bit thin in analyst coverage this morning.  These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street.

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Dunkin Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) Started as Hold at Argus.
HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HBC) target cut at Macquarie.
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) named as Bear of the day at Zacks.
Steven Madden Limited (NASDAQ: SHOO) named value stock of the day at Zacks.
Western Refining, Inc (NYSE: WNR) named Aggressive Growth stock of the day at Zacks.

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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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