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

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $670 target at Argus; Zacks has maintained a Outperform but it was cautious after WWDC due to the lack of new surprises.

CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) Maintained Buy with $48 target at Argus.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) Maintained Buy with $90 target at Argus.

Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; Raised to Buy at Jefferies; Raised to Outperform at Raymond James.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) Raised to Hold from Sell at S&P Capital IQ (late-Tuesday call).

LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) Raised to Hold from Sell at S&P Capital IQ (late-Tuesday call).

Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE: PIR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Titan International Inc. (NYSE: TWI) named Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

United Health (NYSE: UNH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.

Vistaprint N.V. (NASDAQ: VPRT) Cut to Underweight at Barclays.

Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWWW) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Raised to Equalweight from Underweight at Evercore.

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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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