Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AMZN, UHAL, AMLN, ACI, CAJ, CMCSA, DE, DLR, ENS, EQIX, INCY, LO, WFR, NWL, NVDA, PM, RENN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cut to Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
AMERCO, Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) Started as Outperform with $22 target at Credit Suisse.
Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Canon, Inc. (NYSE: CAJ) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $37 at BofA/ML.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) Cut to Market Perform Wells Fargo.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) started as Overweight with $76 target at Morgan Stanley.
EnerSys Inc. (NYSE: ENS) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.
Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) Reiterated Buy with $155 target at BofA/ML.
Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) Cut to Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (NYSE: NWL) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $24 at BofA/ML.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) Reinstated as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

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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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