Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABK, AEO, KR, OWW, PCLN, SD, SBUX, TSO, BAC, CFC, JPM, WB, WFC, COF, USB)

These are not the only analyst calls moving stocks today in pre-market trading, but these are the top calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is reviewing this morning:

• AMBAC Financial (ABK) raised to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR.
• American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
• Kroger (KR) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
• Orbitz (OWW) raised to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Lehman.
• Priceline.com (PCLN) cut to Hold at Citigroup.
• SandRidge Energy (SD) initiated after quiet-period: Banc of America at Buy; Bear Stearns at Peer Perform; J.P.Morgan at Neutral; Lehman Brothers at Overweight; RBC at Outperform.
• Starbucks (SBUX) downgraded to Sector Perform at RBC.
• Tesoro (TSO) raised to Buy at Citigroup.
• Citigroup makes lage downgrades in Financial Stocks: Bank of America (BAC), Countrywide (CFC) First Horizon (FHN), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), MGIC (MTG), PNC Bank (PNC), Wachovia (WB) and Wells Fargo (WFC) ALL CUT TO HOLD; Capital One (COF), Comerica (CMA), M&T Bank (MTB), Radian (RDN), and US Bancorp (USB) ALL DOWNGRADED TO SELL.

Jon C. Ogg
December 17, 2007

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