Early Bird Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALB, AUXL, BIIB, CBEY, HAIN, HWD, LVS, SYMC, TEVA, TWTC, WBSN, WFMI)

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

• Auxilium Pharma (AUXL) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Biogen-Idec (BIIB) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
• CBeyond (CBEY) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
• Hain Celestial (HAIN) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
• Harry Winston Diamond (HWD) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
• Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc.
• Symantec (SYMC) Started as Buy at B of A.
• Teva Pharma (TEVA) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• TW Telecom (TWTC) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
• Websense (WBSN) Started as Buy at B of A.
• Whole Foods (WFMI) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
September 11, 2008