Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABT, MO, AMGN, CRME, FNM, FRE, IBN, PNRA, SNDK, ZMH)

These are the top analyst calls we are focusing on early this Thursday morning in pre-market trading:

• Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Raised To Outperform at Wachovia.
• Altria (NYSE: MO) started as Buy at UBS.
• Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) downgraded to Market Perform at Wachovia.
• Cardiome Pharma (NASDAQ: CRME) started At Outperform at Wachovia.
• Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) raised to Outperform at KBW.
• Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) raised to Outperform at KBW.
• ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN) downgraded to Underperform at Jefferies.
• Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA)  downgraded to Neutral at JP Morgan.
• SanDisk NASDAQ: SNDK) downgraded to Neutral at JP Morgan.
• Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers.

Jon C. Ogg
March 20, 2008

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