Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ANN, CVC, COF, CELG, GME, PPDI, STJ, STI, THQI, WOOF, WU)

These are some of the many research upgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

• Ann Taylor (ANN) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs
• Cablevision (CVC) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research
• Capital One Financial (COF) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
• Celgene (CELG) Raised to Outperform at Baird
• GameStop (GME) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) Raised to Outperform at Baird
• St. Jude Medical (STJ) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan
• SunTrust Banks (STI) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
• THQ (THQI) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• VCA Antech (WOOF) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• Western Union (WU) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research

Jon C. Ogg
October 13, 2008