Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, AOL, BP, CZR, CMG, COH, DE, EBAY, HD, HGSI, JBHT, LVS, LOW, MPEL, NOK, S, TGT, VIA, DIS, WYNN)

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

Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU): Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Started as Buy at Lazard.

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL): Started as Equal Weight at Evercore.

BP, Plc (NYSE: BP): Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR): Started as Underperform at RBC Capital Markets.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG): Raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH): Maintained Buy with $90 target at Argus.

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE): Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY): Started as Buy at Lazard.

The Home Depot (NYSE: HD): Cut to Neutral at Janney.

Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI): Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT): Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS): Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW): Cut to Neutral at Janney.

Melco Crown PBL (NASDAQ: MPEL): Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK): Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S): Maintained Outperform and raised target to $6 from $4 at Credit Suisse.

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA): Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS): Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN): Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.

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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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