Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADCT, ADSK, BSX, EL, FFIV, PCZ, TLAB, GTS, VRTX)

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Published: January 16, 2008 8:07 am

These are not at all the only analyst calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is looking at today in an active negative market, but these are 10 of the more influential calls that may stand out in an otherwise cautious or negative market:

ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) cut to Hold from Buy at Jefferies.
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) raised to BUY from Neutral at Banc of America.
Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) cut to Hold from Buy at Jefferies.
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley; estimates lowered at Goldman Sachs (and likely many more).
Petro Canada (NYSE: PCZ) downgraded to Neutral from outperform at Credit Suisse.
Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS (large call option buying recently).
Triple S management (NYSE: GTS) started after quiet period: Outperform at Credit Suisse, Outperform at Oppenheimer, and Neutral at UBS.
Vertex (NASDAQ: VRTX) raised to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America.

Jon C. Ogg
January 16, 2008

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