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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ALU, ATHR, HUN, LVLT, MAA, RSOL, TER, TEVA, TWTI, WFMI)

247wallst — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:04:39 +0000

These are ten of the analyst calls we have seen in the early hours of trading this Monday morning:

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Neutral from Underperform at Merrill Lynch.
Atheros Communications (NASDAQ: ATHR) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Huntsman (NYSE: HUN) raised to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies & Co
Level 3 Communications (NASSDAQ: LVLT) Cut to Sell from Hold at Citigroup.
Mid-America Apartment (NYSE: MAA) raised to Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL) started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Teradyne (NYSE: TER) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Teva Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: TEVA) raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Third Wave (NASDAQ: TWTI) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
June 30, 2008

Media Digest 7/24/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

247wallst — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:12:52 +0000

According to Reuters, Dow Jones (DJ) controlling Bancroft family met to discuss Rupert Murdoch’s bid for the company and should vote later this week.

Reuters writes that revenue and income fell at Texas Instruments (TXN).

Reuters reports that subscribers fell at NetFlix (NFLX) in the most recent quarter and the company moved guidance down.

Reuters also reports that quarterly earnings rose at American Express (AXP).

Reuters also writes that Nissan’s earnings fell on a weaker product mix. The company kept its forecast for the year.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Wall St. firms postponed at $3.1 billion offering for an LBO of GM’s (GM) Allison unit.

The Wall Street Journal writes that BP (BP) posted a slight rise in quarterly profits.

The New York Times writes that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has agreed to buy software company Opsware.

FT writes that Expedia (EXPE) had to cut its share buy-back due to poor conditions for raising debt for the offer.

Barron’s writes that Atheros (ATHR) shares fell after that company’s earnings announcement.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 19, 2007)

247wallst — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:20:39 +0000

ACLI cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
ACOR raised to Buy at B of A.
AGO cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
ANAD started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
ANET cut to Neutral at Baird.
ATHR started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
AV cut to Mkt Perform at JMP Securities.
BAC raised to Buy at UBS.
BEAS cut to Neutral at UBS.
CHD started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
CI raised to Neutral at B of A.
EGLE started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
EPIC started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
GNK started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
GNTX raised to Buy at B of A.
KNX raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
LCC raised to Neutral at UBS.
MCHP cut to Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.
QMAR started as Neutral at JPMorgan.
SDXC started as Buy at Kaufman Bros.
SKH started as Buy at Jefferies.
SRE raised to Buy at Citigroup.
TZIX started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
WERN raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
YRCW cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
June 19, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.