These are some of the many research upgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:

• Ann Taylor (ANN) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs
• Cablevision (CVC) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research
• Capital One Financial (COF) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
• Celgene (CELG) Raised to Outperform at Baird
• GameStop (GME) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) Raised to Outperform at Baird
• St. Jude Medical (STJ) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan
• SunTrust Banks (STI) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
• THQ (THQI) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• VCA Antech (WOOF) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• Western Union (WU) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research

Jon C. Ogg
October 13, 2008