Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BRK-B, BP, ESV, NSC, RIMM, SNDK, SIRI, TASR, TOT, WFMI)

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning in the pre-market hours:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Ensco International (NYSE: ESV) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) Target raised to $100 at Canaccord.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) Maintained as Dell at Auriga.
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) Cut to Hold at Wunderlich.
TASER International (NASDAQ: TASR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Total SA (NYSE: TOT) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) Raised to Neutral at UBS.

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Jon C. Ogg