Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACC, AAPL, BUD, CLS, CHKP, DLTR, DD, FB, MYGN, NOK, NSC, PVA, SEP, UTHR, WHR, KSU, HIG, ATVI, INTC, TWX)

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

American Campus Communities Inc. (NYSE: ACC) raised to Buy at UBS.

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. (NYSE: BUD) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Buy and raised target to $800 at Canaccord Genuity.

Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) raised to Buy at BofA/ML and raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) maintained Underweight at JPMorgan.

Norfolk Southern Co. (NYSE: NSC) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Penn Virginia Corp. (NYSE: PVA) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Spectra Energy Partners .L.P (NYSE: SEP) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

United Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: UTHR) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE: WHR) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Credit Suisse is making changes to its US FOCUS LIST: Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG), Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI); removed Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX).

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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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