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Top Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIDU, BAX, CCL, IBM, LDK, MSFT, SPWRA)

money-stack-imageThese are the top big analyst calls from Wall Street we have seen very early this Friday morning with over two and a half hours until the market opens:

Baidu (BIDU) Started as Underweight with $244 target at HSBC.
Baxter (BAX) Started as Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Carnival (CCL) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
Hershey (HSY) was named as a Top Pick at Citigroup.
IBM (IBM) Started as Outperform at Cowen.
LDK Solar (LDK) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Microsoft (MSFT) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
SunPower Corp. (SPWRA) Raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
June 19, 2009

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