Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BPFH, CAAS, CTXS, HAYN, MMC, NDAQ, RL, RMD)

These are not all of the analyst upgrades or positive calls we are seeing, but these are the stand out calls early this Thursday morning:

• Boston Private Financial (BPFH) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
• China Automotive Systems (CAAS) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
• Citris (CTXS) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
• Haynes International (HAYN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
• Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
• NASDAQ OMX (NDAQ) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
• Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
• Resmed (RMD) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
August 7, 2008