Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (CTRP, GS, LEH, MRVL, NLC, NUVA, PRU, RF, RIG, USG, ZION)

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Published: September 8, 2008 6:31 am

These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

Ctrip.com (CTRP) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Goldman Sachs (GS) Raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.
Lehman Brothers (LEH) Raised to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
Marvell Tech (MRVL) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Nalco Holding (NLC) Raised to Neutral (from Sell) at Goldman Sachs.
NuVasive (NUVA) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Prudential Financial (PRU) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Regions Financial (RF) Raised To Market Perform at FBR.
Transocean (RIG) Raised to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.
USG (USG) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Zions Bancorp (ZION) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

Jon C. Ogg
September 8, 2008

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