Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, NLY, GPC, GOOG, LPNT, LULU, NUAN, SUN, YHOO, YNDX)

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These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Genuine Parts Co. (NYSE: GPC) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Started as Buy at Nomura.

LifePoint Hospitals Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Cut to Hold on valuation at Argus.

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Started as Neutral at Nomura.

Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) Started as Neutral at UBS.

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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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