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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BSC, CAL, DELL, ESRX, HON, ILMN, NUAN, SPW, STM, AU, DROOY, GFI, GBN, HMY)

These are not the only big analysts calls this Friday morning, but these are the ones that 24/7WallSt.com is focusing on this morning:

  • Bear Stearns (BSC) raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.
  • Continental (CAL) raised to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • Dell (DELL) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Express Scripts (ESRX) started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Honeywell (HON) raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Illumina (ILMN) raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Lehman; raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Nuance Communications (NUAN) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
  • SPX Corp. (SPW) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • STMicroelectronics (STM) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform.

DEUTSCHE BANK Downgrades Gold Stocks:

  • Anglogold (AU) downgraded to Sell from Hold;
  • DRDGOLD (DROOY) downgraded to Hold from Buy;
  • Gold Fields (GFI) downgraded to Sell from Hold;
  • Great Basin Gold (GBN) downgraded to Hold from Buy;
  • Hamrmony Gold (HMY) downgraded to Sell from Hold.

Jon C. Ogg
January 11, 2008

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