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

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