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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMLN, NLY, ARMH, BBBY, CO, DPS, LVLT, SANM, YHOO)

These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street morning research calls: Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford. Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACOR, AGCO, AEO, AU, ANDE, CTXS, DE, ITRI, NTAP, VMW)

These are this Thursday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: Acorda Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ACOR) Cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann. AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO) Started as Hold at Morgan Joseph. American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Buy at Wells Fargo.

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The Naive Conceit of Banking Regulations

By John Tamny of Forbes   Past troubles within the U.S. financial system continue to generate a great deal of feverish commentary from allegedly wise minds in the economic commentariat about how to fix what was broken

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New Jersey: State of Fiscal Emergency

From Reuters: New Jersey governor declares fiscal emergency New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday declared a “fiscal emergency,” allowing him to reserve or freeze state spending as part of his plan to tackle one of the largest 2011 deficits among U.S. states. …

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D.C. Closed Again on Thursday, California Tax Receipts Increase

The Federal Government office in D.C. will be closed again Thursday, from the WaPo: Federal government shutdown extends to Thursday Federal agencies across the nation’s capital will close Thursday for a fourth straight day — taking the week-long shutdown of the government into uncharted territory. The Retail Sales (January) and Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales (December) reports are still expected to be released Friday morning

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Greece is the Word

From the Financial Times: Berlin and Paris urge backing for Greece President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to give a show of political support to Athens at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels [on Thursday] … The details of a bail-out plan were “still the subject of discussion and we are not even in a position to deliver it [on Thursday]”, an official said. excerpted with permission And from Stephen Castle and Nicholas Kulish at the NY Times: Europe Closing In on Plan to Avert Greek Debt Crisis It is “no longer considered an option not to act,” one official in Paris said

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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, AAPL, BLK, CAL, COCO, CREE, BEN, MWW, PNRA, SYNA, LCC, VZ, V, WU)

These are this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Raised to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford

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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIB, IRE, BSX, KMX, CL, COV, DWA, EXPD, SBUX, TU, UA, VALE)

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Thursday morning: Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at RBS. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to Sell at RBS.

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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, BAC, BDX, CMG, GOOG, JPM, RAX, LEN, TSN, TOL, WFC)

These are Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised target to $160 from $130 at Barclays.

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AMT, AMLN, BAC, BVF, CCI, ERTS, FRX, INTC, Q, VZ)

These are this Thursday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank. Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

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