Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, AAPL, CIEN, CSCO, EMC, FNSR, JASO, GOOG, MSFT, NTAP, TLAB, YHOO)

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Tech seems to be dominating the analyst calls this Thursday based on new coverage of the sector at Wells Fargo.  There were many other calls that did not make the cut as a result as a “top analyst call.”  These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:

Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Neutral at Stern Agee.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Finisar Corp. (NASDAQ: FNSR) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
JA Solar Holdings Co. (NASDAQ: JASO) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo; Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford..
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Maintained Buy, but Target Cut to $9 at Auriga.
Yahoo! INc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

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JON C. OGG

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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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