US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 April 13 2049 GMT

Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:49pm EDT
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 companies reported 
 by Reuters on Monday. 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 
 Aeropostale     UBS               Raises price target to $32 from $31; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Airgas          Jefferies         Raises price target to $49 from $39; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Alkermes       BMO               Raises to market perform from 
                                          underperform 
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 Arvinmeritor    Baird             Raises price target to $2 from $1; 
                                          rating neutral 
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 Autoliv         Baird             Cuts to underperform from neutral 
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 Berry Petroleum        Morgan Keegan     Raises to outperform 
  
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 Borgwarner      Baird             Cuts price target to $16 from $17; 
                                          rating underperform 
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 Cardica        Lazard            Cuts to hold from buy 
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 Commercial Vehicle     Baird             Cuts price target to $3 from $5; 
 Group                            rating neutral 
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 Clorox          S&P Equity        Cuts target price by $3 to $58; 
                                          keeps hold rating 
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 Comverge       Piper Jaffray     Cuts to neutral from buy 
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 Cooper Companies       BMO               Raises price target to $22 from $19; 
                                   rating market perform 
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 DHT Maritime    Dahlman Rose      Cuts to hold from buy 
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 Digital River  Wedbush           Raises price target to $34 from $26; 
                                          rating hold 
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 Dynamic Materials      S&P Equity        Cuts to sell from hold 
   
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 Equity One      Raymond James     Raises to outperform from market 
                                          perform 
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 FCStone Group  KBW               Raises price target to $3; rating 
                                          market perform 
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 First Niagara Financial Sandler O'Neill  Raises price target by $2 to $14; 
 Group                            rating hold 
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 Forward Air    S&P Equity        Cuts target price to $12 from $16; 
                                          keeps strong sell rating 
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 Foster Wheeler         S&P Equity        Raises target price by $4 to $23; 
                                  keeps buy rating 
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 FPIC Insurance Group   Sandler O'Neill   Raises price target to $39 from $37; 
                                  rating hold 
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 FTI Consulting  Baird             Cuts price target to $62 from $66; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 General Maritime       Dahlman Rose      Cuts price target to $10 from $13; 
                                   keeps buy rating 
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 Gentex Corp    Baird             Cuts price target to $12 from $13; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 GMarket        S&P Equity        Raises to hold from strong sell 
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 Group 1 Automotive     Goldman Sachs     Raises to buy; price target to $18 
                                   from $13 
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 Huron Consulting       Baird             Cuts price target to $46 from $49; 
 Group                            rating neutral 
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 Isilon Systems         ThinkEquity       Starts with accumulate rating;  
                                  price target of $3 
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 ITC Holdings    Barclays          Raises price target to $47 from $44; 
                                          keeps equal weight rating 
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 Landstar System        Wachovia          Cuts to market perform from 
                                  outperform 
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 LG Display      S&P Equity        Raises target price by $3 to $13; 
                                          keeps hold rating 
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 Macy's            JP Morgan         Raises price target to $13 from $11; 
                                          rating overweight 
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 Mead Johnson Nutrition Hilliard Lyons    Starts with long-term buy rating 
  
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 MF Global        Sandler O'Neill   Raises price target to $6.50 from 
                                          $5; rating buy 
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 Navigant Consulting    Baird             Cuts to neutral from outperform 
  
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 Nice Systems   Friedman          Raises price target to $30 from 
                                          $25; rating outperform 
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 Nordstrom       JP Morgan         Raises price target to $19 from $10; 
                                          rating neutral 
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 NU Skin Enterprises    Canaccord Adams   Raises price target to $16.50 from 
                                   $14.00; rating buy 
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 Officemax       Goldman Sachs     Raises to buy 
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 Omega Navigation       Dahlman Rose      Cuts to sell from hold 
  
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 Paetec Holding         Raymond James     Cuts to market perform from 
                                  outperform 
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 Penske Automotive      Goldman Sachs     Cuts to neutral; raises price  
                                          target to $11 from $8 
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 Regal Entertainment    Caris             Cuts to above average from buy 
  
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 Ross Stores    Credit Suisse     Raises price target to $33 from $22 
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 S&T Bancorp    FTN Equity        Cuts to sell 
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 Sanderson Farms        BB&T              Raises price target to $50 from $38; 
                                  keeps buy rating 
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 Ship Finance    Dahlman Rose      Cuts price target to $15 from $20; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Sourcefire     Jefferies         Raises to buy from hold 
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 Strattec Security      Baird             Raises to neutral from underperform 
   
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 Susquehanna            KBW               Cuts price target to $8 from $9; 
 Bancshares                       rating market perform 
                        FTN Equity        Cuts to sell 
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 Synaptics      Caris             Starts with above average rating 
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 Tech Data      Raymond James     Raises price target to $29 from  
                                          $27; rating strong buy 
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 Teekay Tankers  Dahlman Rose      Cuts price target to $12 from $14; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Tempur Pedic    Longbow           Cuts to neutral from buy 
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 Tenneco         Baird             Cuts price target to $3 from $4; 
                                          rating neutral 
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 Unica Corp     Jefferies         Raises price target to $5 from 
                                          $3.50; 
                                          rating hold 
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 Usana Health Sciences  Canaccord Adams   Raises price target to $28 from  
                                  $26; rating hold 
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 Vasco Data Security    Friedman          Cuts to market perform from 
                                  outperform 
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 Warner Music Group     Goldman Sachs     Raises to neutral from sell;  
                                   removes from Americas sell list 
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 Westar Energy    Goldman Sachs     Raises price target to $20 from $19 
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 ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon and Shrutika Verma; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk 
+91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
                        
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