Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADSK, DG, GTIV, HUM, JEF, LVS, ORCL, OREX, HOT, TOT, VRSN, WYNN, YNDX)

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These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Gentiva Health Services Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Humana, Inc. (NYSE: HUM) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) Cut to Neutral at Ticonderoga.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Reiterated Buy with $32 target at BofA/ML; maintained Buy with $38 target at Canaccord Genuity.
Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OREX) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann; Maintained Neutral but target raised to $4 from $2 at BofA/ML.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HOT) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Total SA (NYSE: TOT) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Yandex N. V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
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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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