Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ABB, BCS, CPO, CYNO, FFIV, GG, HMA, HBC, MBT, NWS, TRI, VIA, VIP)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Friday morning:

• ABB (ABB) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
• Barclays (BCS) Cut to Sell at RBS.
• Corn Products (CPO) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
• Cynosure (CYNO) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
• F5 Networks (FFIV) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
• Goldcorp (GG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Health Management (HMA) Cut to underweight at Barclays.
• HSBC (HBC) Cut to Sell at RBS.
• Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
• News Corp. (NWS) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
• Thomson Reuters (TRI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Viacom (VIA) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
• Vimpelcom (VIP) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
January 16, 2009