Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AMZN, BLK, C, EBAY, GOOG, HANS, HDB, HNZ, HRC, NFLX, NOK, RAD, SLM, SYKE, TIF, WAG, YHOO)

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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $30 at BofA/ML.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Equal Weight at Barclays.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Started as Outperform at RBC.
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Started as Equal Weight at Barclays.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Started as Overweight at Barclays.
Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ: HANS) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
HDFC Bank Ltd. (NYSE: HDB) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
HJ Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Started as Overweight at Barclays.
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) Started as Neutral at UBS.
SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM) Raised to Outperform at Bull of the Day at Zacks.
SYKES Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYKE) Reiterated Strong Buy as Value at Zacks.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) Started as Buy at UBS.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) Started as Equal Weight at Barclays.

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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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