Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (MDRX, BDX, ED, CRXL, CSX, RTN, SGR, SNN)

These are the early bird upgrades and positive analyst calls we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning:

• Allscripts-Misys (NASDAQ: MDRX) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
• Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
• Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
• Crucell (NASDAQ: CRXL) Raised to Buy at RBS.
• CSX (NYSE: CSX) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
• Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• Shaw Group (NYSE: SGR) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
• Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
January 9, 2009