Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APC, ACI, BSX, EAT, DHI, FITB, FSLR, IACI, JPM, JNPR, KBH, MRVL, MU, PHM, RFMD, LUV, TLAB)

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

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) Cut to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Wednesday call).
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Hold at Auriga, maintained $167 target.
IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NASDAQ: IACI) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Cut to BUy from Strong Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Wednesday call).
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Cut to Sell at UBS; Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Started At Hold By ThinkEquity.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Raised to Buy at Gleacher & Co.
PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
RF Micro Devices INc. (NASDAQ: RFMD) Started At Hold By ThinkEquity.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Cut to Hold at Arus.
Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) Cut to Underperform as the Bear of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.

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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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