Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEP, AAPL, APOL, CNI, CEO, DD, FDO, FLIR, KLIC, LIZ, TKC, VZ, WYNN, YRCWD)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Apple Inc.  (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy but target raised to $385 from $340 at Barclays.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Started as Neutral at UBS.
Canadian National Railway Co. (NYSE: CNI) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.(NYSE: FDO) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Monday call).
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) Reiterated Buy at Needham.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Liz Claiborne Inc. (NYSE: LIZ) Started as Neutral at SunTrust.
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (NYSE: TKC) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Cut to Market Perform at BMO; Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Monday call).
YRC Worldwide, Inc. (YRCWD) Started as Underperform at Morgan Keegan.

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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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