Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, T, BP, KMX, CL, DANG, GE, JBLU, NVDA, POT, PG, TRV, SVU, SOL)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.

AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) Cut to Neutral at UBS; Reiterated Buy at Argus.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) Started as Hold at Citigroup.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research.
E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (NYSE: DANG) Started as Neutral with $30.40 target at Credit Suisse.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Raised to Buy with $26 target at Argus.
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) Cut to Hold at Soleil.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Neutral at Susquehanna.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT) has seen target price objectives raised at Canaccord, UBS, Scotia, BMO and TD.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late yesterday call); Reiterated Buy at Argus and Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse this morning.
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Zacks Ratings: SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU) maintained Underperform as the Bear of the Day; ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) Raised to Outperform with $12.00 target as the Bull of the Day.

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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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