Before the bell: AAPL, WFC, GE, MAT, FDO

Published: September 21, 2007, 4:17 am

Tags: aapl, auy, cc, fdo, ge, goog, inthenews, mat, wfc

Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), Circuit City Stores (CC), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Yamana Gold (AUY), Wells Fargo (WFC)Before the bell: Stocks futures higher after strong earnings yesterday ZDNet reports that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be blacklisting hacked iPhones, refusing to service phones hacked that run T-Mobile. The L.A. Times also reports that beginning this week, season premiere episodes of seven Fox Broadcasting programs will be made available for free through Apple's iTunes store.Notable calls this morning: Merrill Lynch downgraded Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) to Neutral from Buy, citing the stock's recent outperformance and rising credit losses. Mattel (NYSE: MAT), which also apologized to China for toy recalls, was upgraded Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Linda Bolton Weiser to Buy from Neutral, with a target of $30. The analyst said that

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