These are the top upgrades and positive analyst calls we are seeing this Thursday morning:

• Alliance Data (ADS) Started as Buy at B of A.
• AuthenTec (AUTH) Started as Buy at S&P Equity Research.
• Broadcom Corp. (BRCM) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• Excelon (EXC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
• Novellus Systems (NVLS) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
• SAIC (SAI) Raised to Outperform at at Wachovia.
• Shanda Interactive (SNDA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
September 4, 2008