Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BIDU, BBY, CLX, DO, DD, MCHP, SOHU, WFT, STJ, SUNH)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning:

• Baidu.com (BIDU) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
• Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
• Clorox (CLX) Raised to Hold at Citigroup.
• Diamond Offshore (DO) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• DuPont (DD) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
• Microchip Tech (MCHP) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.
• Sohu.com (SOHU) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
• Weatherford (WFT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
• St. Jude Medical (STJ) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
• Sun Healthcare (SUNH) Raised to Buy at Citigroup; Started as Outperform at RBC.

Jon C. Ogg
January 28, 2009