Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AU, CEPH, KO, CXR, MCO, NVO, URBN, WAG, CVC, CMCSA, TWC, DISH, DTV)

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Published: February 8, 2008 7:31 am

Below are some of the key general calls we are looking at in early pre-market trading:

Anglogold (NYSE: AU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) downgraded to Underperform at Morgan Stanley.
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
Cox Radio (NYSE: CXR) downgraded to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) raised to Peer Perform a Bear Stearns.
Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

Cable & Satellite Initiations: UBS has initiated cable and satellite companies. Cablevision (NYSE: CVC), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) were all started as neutral at UBS. DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV) was initiated as Buy and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) was initiated with a Neutral rating.

Jon C. Ogg
February 8, 2008

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