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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (IRE, BCSI, FNFG, MON, OVTI, PG, RHT, TGT, WFC, WMT)

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These are some of this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning:

Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
First Niagara Financial (NASDAQ: FNFG) Started as Outperform at FBR.
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch (late Thursday call).
OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) Raised to Strong Buy from Buy at Needham.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Started as Outperform at William Blair.
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) Started as Buy at Lazard.
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) Started as Buy at MKM Partners.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Started as Neutral at MKM Partners.

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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. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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