US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 April 9 1426 GMT

Thu Apr 9, 2009 10:27am EDT
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500  companies reported 
 by Reuters on Thursday. Stock entries are in alphabetical order. 
 For a summary of research on S&P 500 companies, double click on [RCH/US] 
 For a summary of research on Canadian companies, double click on [RCH/CA] 
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 STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION 
 Affiliated Managers    Jefferies         Raises price target to $51 from 
 Group                             $50; rating buy 
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 Ceradyne       Wedbush           Cuts price target to $18 from $21; 
                                          keeps hold rating 
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 Charlotte Russe        Wedbush           Raises price target to $8 from $4; 
 Holding                          rating hold 
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 California Pizza       RBC               Raises price target to $18 from $16; 
 Kitchen                          rating outperform 
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 Eagle Materials        Longbow           Cuts to neutral from buy 
  
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 Dr Pepper Snapple      Stifel            Raises price target to $23 from $21; 
                                   rating buy 
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 Harley-Davidson        Keybanc          Cuts to underweight from hold 
  
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 HMS Holdings   Jefferies         Raises to buy from hold 
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 Intersil Corp  Jefferies         Raises price target to $9 from $7; 
                                          rating underperform 
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 Investment Technology  KBW               Cuts price target to $27 from $33 
  
                        BMO               Cuts to market perform from outperform 
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 Koppers         Jefferies         Raises price target to $15 from 
                                          $13; rating hold 
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 Myriad Genetics        RBC               Raises price target to $54 from 
                                  $47.50; rating outperform 
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 Overseas Shipholding   Lazard            Cuts price target to $48 from $60; 
                                   rating buy 
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 Polycom        Raymond James     Starts with outperform rating 
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 RF Micro Devices       UBS               Raises to buy from neutral 
   
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 Royal Gold     HSBC              Raisesto neutral from underweight 
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 RPM International      Credit Suisse     Cuts target price to $12.50 from $14 
  
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 Salesforce.com  Wedbush           Cuts to sell from hold 
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 Shanda Interactive     Susquehanna       Cuts to neutral from positive on 
                                          valuation 
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 Shaw Group      Stifel            Cuts price target to $35 from $42; 
                                          rating buy 
                        Credit Suisse     Raises target price to $35 from $32 
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 SVB Financial          KBW               Cuts price target to $18 from $25; 
 Group                            rating market perform 
                        Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target to $18 from $23; 
                                          rating hold 
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 Synovus Financial      KBW               Cuts price target to $4 from $6; 
  [nWNAB2130]                   keeps market perform rating  
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 Teekay Corp      Lazard            Cuts price target to $25 from $30; 
 rating buy 
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 Universal Health       Credit Suisse     Raises to outperform from neutral 
 Services  
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 Willbros Group   UBS               Cuts to neutral from buy 
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 Xoma Ltd       Wedbush           Cuts price target to $2 from $3; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Zumiez         Wedbush           Cuts to sell from hold 
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    ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema and Sandhya Menon; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 
80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
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