Premarket Roundup: Sara Lee, Hospitals

Among the premarket stories for Monday, June 1, from AP Financial News:

NEW YORK (AP) — A Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded Sara Lee Corp. Monday on the likelihood that the food maker's stock will trail the rest of her portfolio over the next year.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Deutsche Bank analyst upgraded his outlook for acute care hospitals Monday, citing the prospects for health care reform, better industrywide expense control, and a slowdown in bad debt growth.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Reduced demand for mineral exploration could hurt drilling and construction services provider Layne Christensen Co., which is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings Tuesday, two analysts said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of solar companies climbed before the opening bell on Monday, following some positive news from last week's annual Intersolar conference in Munich and analyst upgrades on solar stocks.