Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ALL, GLW, DISH, GM, INTC, ITG, JNJ, PNM, RESP, UPL)

These are not the only top analyst calls impacting share prices this morning, but these are the main calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Friday morning:

• Allstate (ALL) raised to Outperform at FBR.
• Corning (GLW) started as Buy at Jefferies.
• Echostar (DISH) raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein.
• General Motors (GM) removed from JPMorgan Focus List.
• Intel (INTC) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
• Investment Technology (ITG) raised to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America.
• Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) started as Buy at UBS.
• PNM Resources (PNM) raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
• Respironics (RESP) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America.
• Ultra Petroleum (UPL) started as Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey; just noted last night by Cramer on MAD MONEY as his natural gas stock of 2008.

Jon C. Ogg
January 4, 2008

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