US RESEARCH SUMMARY-S&P 500 April 3 1406 GMT

Fri Apr 3, 2009 10:06am EDT
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on S&P 500 companies reported by 
 Reuters on Friday. Stock entries are in alphabetical order. 
 For a summary of research on non-S&P 500 companies, double click on [RCH/US2] 
 For a summary of research on Canadian companies, double click on [RCH/CA] 
 See bottom of the table for sector changes. 
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 STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION 
 American Express       Goldman Sachs     Keeps sell rating 
   
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 Bristol-Myers Squibb   Bernstein         Cuts to market-perform from outperform 
  
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 CME Group       Jefferies         Raises price target to $230 from 
                                          $190; keeps hold rating 
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 Danaher Corp    Bernstein         Cuts price target to $50 from $55; 
                                          rating market perform 
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 Devon Energy Corp      Friedman          Raises price target to $60 from $50 
  
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 First Horizon National Citigroup         Cuts to hold from buy 
  [nBNG489079] 
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 Freeport Mcmoran  UBS             Raises price target to $49 from $35;  
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Intercontinental       Goldman Sachs     Adds to America's conviction buy 
 exchange                          list; raises price target to $90 from 
                                          $60; rating buy 
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 Morgan Stanley  Goldman Sachs      Keeps buy rating 
  [nWNAB0562]    
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 Paccar        Goldman Sachs      Removes from Americas conviction sell 
                                          list; keeps sell rating; raises price 
                                          target to $20 from $17 
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 PPL Corp        BARCLAYS          Cuts price target to $40 from $42;  
                                          rating overweight 
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 Whole Foods Market     Jefferies         Cuts to hold from buy 
  
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 Wisconsin Energy       Wachovia          Starts with outperform rating 
  
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 ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon and Mihir Dalal; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 
4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
 
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