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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANTH, BBBY, BLK, BPL, CZR, CELG, EEP, FB, F, LNCR, NKE, ORCL, RIMM, SKS, TTM, TIF, UNP, UHS, WETF, ZUMZ)

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

Anthera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ANTH) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) Raised to Buy at BB&T.

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.

Buckeye Partners (NYSE: BPL) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.

Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG) Raised to Buy from Hold with $75 target at Argus.

Enbridge Energy Partners (NYSE: EEP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) Started as Neutral at Macquarie.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Maintained Neutral with $13 target but cut estimates at Credit Suisse.

Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ: LNCR) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.

Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) Cut to Neutral at Stern Agee; Cut to Neutral at Baird; Maintained Hold but cut target to $92 at Canaccord Genuity.

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Raised to Outperform at RBC; Reiterated Outperform with $40 target at Credit Suisse.

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML; Cut to Underperform at CIBC; Cut to Underperform at Scotia; Reiterated Sell and cut target to $5.00 from $9.50 at Citi.

Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.

Tiffany & Company (NYSE: TIF) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) named as Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

Universal Health Services Inc. (NYSE: UHS) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Zumiez, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) named as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

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With next week’s 4th of July holiday in the United States landing on a Wednesday, we would look for a light week ahead in research calls as many analysts, brokers, traders, and investors will be out of the office throughout the week.

JON C. OGG

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