Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CSCO, CRXL, ITW, LVS, NFLX, POT, PT, SUPM, WRI, XEL)

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

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Cut to Underperform at First Global.
Crucell NV (NASDAQ: CRXL) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Target Raised to $22 at Citigroup.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Underperform at Morgan Keegan.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Target raised to $170 at UBS; Traget Raised to $160 at CIBC; Credit Suisse raised Target to $150.
Portugal Telecom SA (NYSE: PT) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
SuperMedia (NASDAQ: SUPM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Weingarten Realty Investors Company (NYSE: WRI) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

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JON C. OGG

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About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

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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