5 Early Bird Analyst Upgrades

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These are some of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen early by 24/7 Wall St. from the key all Street research calls this Friday.

Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) raised to Buy at Global Hunter.

Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) rose handily on Thursday after activist investor Carl Icahn got his way on the board. Now J.P. Morgan has raised its rating to Overweight from Neutral.

Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) has shuffled the chairs in the C-suite after the company reported earnings. Now Pandora has been raised to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK) cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Skullcandy Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL) disappointed the street with predicting a loss. Now we have seen three downgrades: cut to Underperform at Raymond James, cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray and cut to Underperform at D.A. Davidson.

-Jon C. Ogg

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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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