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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, ACF, BCS, DELL, D, FDX, HES, LULU, NICE, PGI, THC, UPS)

These are some of the top analyst research calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning:

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
AmeriCredit Corp. (NYSE: ACF) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Lowered targets by RBS.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D) Raised to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Nice Systems Limited (NASDAQ: NICE) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) Raised to Buy at UBS.

JON C. OGG

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