Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CSIQ, COLM, DTE, ERTS, KMP, MER, MU, NKE, ZQK, YHOO)

These are not the only research calls we are looking at in pre-market trading, although these are the initial calls that grabbed our attention early on:

• Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Oppenheimer.
• Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ: COLM) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
• DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) and NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) both were raised to Buy at UBS.
• Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) raised to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
• Kinder Morgan partners (NYSE: KMP) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Oppenheimer.
• Micron Tech (NYSE: MU) started as Buy at UBS.
• Nike (NYSE: NKE) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Quicksilver (NYSE: ZQK) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup; cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
January 30, 2008

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