Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AET, BIDU, F, JNS, IPG, LOW, HD, NEM, NOC, RSH, VM)

These are ten of the top calls we see affecting shares this Friday morning in the early pre-market trading hours:

• Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse.
• Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU) raised to Buy at Citigroup (up 4% after earnings).
• Ford Motor (NYSE: F) cut to underperform at Bear Stearns; also cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Ford shares indicated down 3%.
• Janus Capital (NYSE: JNS) raised to market perform at FBR.
• Interpublic (NYSE: IPG) started as Buy at UBS.
• Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) & Home Depot (NYSE: HD) both started as Overweight at Lehman Brothers; both shares indicated about 1% higher.
• Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) raised to Sector Perform at CIBC World Markets.
• Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) raised to Overweight at JP Morgan.
• RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) started as Underweight at Lehman Brothers.
• Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) raised to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.

Jon C. Ogg
April 25, 2008