Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (A, BBBY, BBY, DTV, ECL, EP, IBM, NTAP, LRCX, MOT, CRM)

These are not the only impact analyst calls affecting stocks this morning, but these are the ones that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on:

• Agilent (A) raised to Buy at Banc of America.
• Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) raised to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
• Best Buy (BBY) downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Bear Stearns.
• DIRECTV (DTV) raised to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Lehman.
• Ecolab (ECL) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
• El Paso (EP) raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.
• IBM (IBM) and Network Appliance (NTAP) both downgraded to Neutral at UBS; shares indicated down 0.5%.
• Lam Research (LRCX) raised to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Lehman.
• Motorola (MOT) downgraded to Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.
• Salesforce.com (CRM) raised to Buy at UBS; but CRM downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs; shares indicated down almost 3%.

Jon C. Ogg
January 7, 2008