Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AXP, COF, DFS, ADBL, RATE, BRCM, CVC, CRL, CVD, GME, HAL, PALM, STI)

These are not the only upgrades and downgrades affecting shares in pre-market trading today, but these are the initial calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on:

• American Express (NYSE: AXP), Capital One (NYSE: COF), and Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) downgraded to Sell at UBS.
• Audible (NASDAQ: ADBL) downgraded to Market Perform at JMP Securities; downgraded to Hold at Jefferies.
• Bankrate (NASDAQ: RATE) downgraded to Hold at Citigroup; downgraded to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
• Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
• Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
• Charles River (NYSE: CRL) and Covance (NYSE: CVD) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
• Gamestop (NYSE: GME) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
• Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) raised to Overweight from Underweight at JPMorgan.
• SunTrust (NYSE: STI) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Robert W. Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
February 4, 2008