Select Analyst Calls (DEC 27, 2006)

Posted: December 27, 2006 at 8:19 am

BIIB started as Neutral at Prudential.

EBAY reitrated Buy/Attractive at Goldman Sachs, but no change to estimates.

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) sees its quiet-period for coverage end after its IPO: started as Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley; started as Buy at First Albany; started as Overweight at Cowen, started as Outperform at Piper Jaffray, started as Buy at ThinkEquity. No pre-market trading activity seen so far.

IBM raised to Buy at thinkEquity.

NYMEX (NMX) also sees analyst coverage initiated today and tomorrow: So far NMX started as Hold at Citigroup and started as Neutral at B of A.

TELK cut to Underweight at Thomas Weisel, cut to Neutral at UBS (all after yesterday’s blow-up).

USG reitr Buy at Jefferies.

VLTR raised to Strong Buy at First Albany.

VQ started as Overweight at Lehman.

Jon C. Ogg
December 27, 2006

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