Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AZN, BAS, BRNC, BCS, DB, PCS, MYL, PTEN, PDC, WSH)

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Published: May 14, 2009 6:24 am

These are the top 10 early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen in Wall Street research calls early this Thursday morning with over two hours until the market opens:

AstraZeneca (AZN) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
Basic Energy Services (BAS) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Bronco Drilling (BRNC) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Barclays (BCS) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Deutsche Bank (DB) Raised to Overweight at MOrgan Stanley.
MetroPCS (PCS) remains Sell at Auriga.
Mylan Labs (MYL) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Patterson-UTI (PTEN) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Pioneed Drilling (PDC) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Willis Group (WSH) Started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.

JON C. OGG

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