Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHI, CHTR, CIM, EW, HAL, JNPR, ORCL, RF, SINA, TPX, UNFI, VZ)

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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday.

Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) Started as Outperform at Sanford Bernstein.

Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) Reiterated Buy but raised target to $103 at Canaccord Genuity.

Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) Cut to Hold at Needham.

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) maintained Hold with $30 target at Canaccord Genuity.

Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) Raised to Outperform at Macquarie.

SINA Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Tempur-Pedic International (NYSE: TPX) Cut to Neutral at Wedbush Morgan.

United Natural Foods (NASDAQ: UNFI) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $58 at Canaccord Genuity; Maintained Hold at Argus.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Reiterated Buy but raised target to $47 from $44 at Argus.

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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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