Early analyst calls (AAPL) (BRCM) (MRK)

Posted Jul 7th 2008 7:15AM by Douglas McIntyre
Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Apple Inc (AAPL), Merck and Co (MRK), Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM)

Deutsche Bank downgraded AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) to "hold" from "buy", according to MarketWatch.

Lehman Brothers reiterated its "overweight" rating on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) ahead of the 3G iPhone going on sale, according to the AP.

UBS downgraded Merck (NYSE:MRK) from "buy" to "neutral", according to Briefing.com. The news service also reports that Piper Jaffray upgraded Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) to "buy" from "neutral."

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.

Tags: AAPL, AZN, BRCM, MRK

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Early analyst calls (AAPL) (BRCM) (MRK)