Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) is up almost 7% on an upgrade from Goldman Sachs.

Redhat (NYSE: RHT) is up almost 5% on strong earnings.

BioMimetic Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BMTI) is up 39% on positive news from the FDA about one of its products.

Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) is off 15% on poor earnings.

Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) is down 5% on news that the company is no longer for sale.

Stocks may trade differently in the pre-market than they do in the regular session.

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

Pre-market movers: LEH, RHT, APOL ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• William Blair believes Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) has the best growth profile in large-cap biotechnology and initiated shares with an Outperform rating.

• Citigroup views Sysco (NYSE: SYY) as the dominant leader in the foodservice distribution industry, initiating shares with a Buy rating, and feels the company will continue to take market share from its peers. The firm thinks the current valuation reflects the perception that Sysco may perform poorly in the near-term, which they disagree with.

• Wachovia started Kinetic Concepts (NYSE: KCI) with a Market Perform, citing competitive pressures and mature markets for its rating.

• Wachovia is positive on BioMimetic Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BMTI), initiating shares with an Outperform, based on strong rhPDGF technology, strategy, and management team.

• Wachovia is positive on Lifecell Corp's (NASDAQ: LIFC) Strattice, a porcine tissue matrix, which improves the company's international exposure and provides opportunities in new markets, initiating shares with an Outperform...

• Credit Suisse initiated Community Health (NYSE: CYH) and Universal Health (NYSE: UHS) with Outperform ratings, LifePoint (NASDAQ: LPNT) with a Neutral rating, and Health Management (NYSE: HMA) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) with Underperform ratings.

Analyst initiations: CELG, SYY, THC and UHS originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.