Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AMD, LSI, NSM, AMZN, BHI, BDX, HUM, IACI, INTC, TXN, PCLN, SBUX, UNH)

These are not at all the only impact analyst calls kicking off the new year, but these are the calls we are focusing on this morning at a673b.bigscoots-temp.com:

• Advanced Micro Systems (AMD), LSI (LSI), and National Semiconductor (NSM) all downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Banc of America.
• Amazon.com (AMZN) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
• Baker Hughes (BHI) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Becton Dickinson (BDX) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
• Humana (HUM) raised to Outperform at CIBC.
• IAC/Interactive (IACI) cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
• Intel (INTC) & Texas Instruments (TXN) cut to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America.
• Priceline.com (PCLN) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Starbucks (SBUX) downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns.
• United Health (UNH) downgraded to Sector Perform from Peer Perform at CIBC.

Jon C. Ogg
January 2, 2008

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