MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• Caliper Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: CALP) was initiated at Piper Jaffray with an Outperform rating and $8 target. Piper believes the company's collection of acquisitions offers a diverse portfolio targeting a $1.2B segment of the life science tools market.
  
• Credit Suisse resumed coverage of Network Appliance Inc (NASDAQ: NTAP) and EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) with Neutral ratings and a $28 target and $20 target, respectively, as they have concerns of near-term demand risk.
  
• Concur Technologies (NASDAQ: CNQR) was started at Jefferies with a Buy rating and $40 target, as they believe the company is changing the landscape of employee expense management by integrating travel and expense reimbursement and feels shares deserve a premium valuation.
  
• Oppenheimer sees limited upside from current levels at TechTarget Inc (NASDAQ: TTGT) and would consider an entry point in the low-to-mid teens. The firm started shares with a Neutral rating and $17 target.

• Banc of America initiated K Swiss Inc (NASDAQ: KSWS) with a Sell rating and $20 target.
  
• Stephens initiated Comverge Inc (NASDAQ: COMV) with an Equal Weight rating and $29 target and Badger Meter Incorporated (AMEX: BMI) with an Overweight rating and $39 target.
  
• JMP Securities resumed coverage of DemandTec Inc (NASDAQ: DMAN) with a Market Outperform rating and $16 target.

Analyst initiations: CALP, NTAP, EMC, CNQR and TTGT originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.