Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AAPL, AMAT, BMC, COLM, SCOR, KLAC, NVLS, TJX, SONC, TIN)

These are the top analyst calls that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on this Monday morning:

• Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Overweight from Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
• Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut To Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ: COLM) Cut to Sell From Hold at Citigroup.
• ComScore(NASDAQ: SCOR) Raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
• KLA Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
• Novellus Systems (NASDAQ: NVLS) Raised to Equal-weight from Underweight By Lehman.
• TJX (NYSE: TJX) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
• Sonic (NASDAQ: SONC) Started as Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
• Temple-Inland (NYSE: TIN) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
April 7, 2008

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