Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (ACOR, BIIB, BKC, CHRT, OSG, SLB, TSO, WMT)

Investing

Published: November 3, 2008 7:38 am

These are some of the top pre-market upgrades from analysts which we have seen in the early hours this Monday morning:

Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
Biogen Idec (BIIB) Raised to Outperform at Baird and Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Burger King (BKC) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Chartered Semiconductor (CHRT) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Overseas Shipholding (OSG) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Schlumberger (SLB) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Tesoro (TSO) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
November 3, 2008

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