Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (GFIG, GU, HTZ, MBT, NSM, PM, SGP, TOC, TIBX, VOD)

These are not all of the calls we are seeing this morning, but these are the top analyst calls we see affecting shares in pre-market trading this Monday morning:

• GFI Group (NASDAQ: GFIG) started as Market Perform at KBW.
• Gushan Environmental Energy (NYSE: GU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Piper Jaffray.
• Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
• Mobile Telesystems (NYSE: MBT) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) started as Market-weight at Thomas Weisel.
• Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) started as Overweight at Lehman.
• Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP) downgraded to Equal-weight from Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
• Thomson (NYSE: TOC) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.
• TIBCO Software (NASDAQ: TIBX) downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies.
• VODAFONE (NYSE: VOD) downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
March 31, 2008

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