These are not all of the upgrades or positive analyst calls seen this morning but these are some of the top calls seen this Friday morning:

• Aventine Renewable (NYSE: AVR) Raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
• Ball Corp (NYSE: BLL) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
• Celanese (NYSE: CE) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• Entergy (NYSE: ETR) Raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
• HCP (NYSE: HCP) Raised To Buy From Neutral By Goldman Sachs.
• Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE: HR) Started as Outperform at Wachovia.
• Merck (NYSE: MRK) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
• Partner Communications (NASDAQ: PTNR) Started as Outperform at RBC Capital.
• Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ: PTEN) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) Raised to Overweight from Underweight at JPMorgan.
• Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia.
• VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE) Raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
July 18, 2008