US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 March 10 1401 GMT

Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:01am EDT
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500  companies reported 
 by Reuters on Tuesday. 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 
 Aaron Rents     Stifel            Raises to buy from hold 
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 Abaxis Inc     Suntrust          Raises to buy from neutral 
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 Accenture Ltd   Goldman Sachs     Cuts price target to $34 from $36 
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 Airgas          Jefferies         Cuts price target to $39 from $48; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Carmike Cinemas        Merriman          Starts with buy rating 
  
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 City National   RBC               Cuts price target to $24 from $26; 
                                          rating sector perform 
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 Con-Way         Baird             Cuts price target to $15 from $19; 
                                          rating neutral 
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 Conseco         Friedman          Cuts to market perform from outperform 
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 Diamondrock            RBC               Cuts price target to $3 from $5; 
 Hospitality                       rating sector perform 
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 Dr Pepper Snapple      Goldman Sachs     Raises to buy from neutral 
  
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 FMC Technologies       RBC               Raises to outperform from sector 
                                   perform 
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 Gaylord Entertainment  Wachovia          Raises to outpeform from market 
                                   perform 
                        JP Morgan         Raises to neutral from underweight 
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 Genentech       Baird             Cuts to neutral from outperform on 
                                          valuation 
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 GMX Resources  Howard Weil       Cuts to market perform from market 
                                          outperform 
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 Heartland Payment      Goldman Sachs     Cuts price target to $5 from $11 
 Systems   
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 Inter Parfums  Caris             Cuts price target to $4 from $7; 
                                          rating average 
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 Key Energy Services    RBC               Cuts to sector perform from outperform 
  
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 Lasalle Hotel          RBC               Cuts price target to $7 from $13; 
 Properties                        rating outperform 
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 Magna International    BMO               Cuts price target to $35 from $40 
  
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 Medicines CO   Citigroup         Adds to top picks live list 
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 Mortons Restaurant     Jefferies         Cuts price target to $2 from $3; 
                                   rating hold 
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 MVC Capital     RBC               Cuts price target to $9 from $14; 
                                          rating sector perform 
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 National Instruments   JP Morgan          Cuts price target to $17 from $20; 
                                   rating overweight 
                        Credit Suisse      Cuts price target to $17 from $22 
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 Patterson-UTI Energy   RBC                Cuts to underperform from sector 
                                   perform 
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 Portland General       Goldman Sachs      Raises to buy; adds to Americas 
 Electric                           conviction list 
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 Quiksilver      Caris              Cuts price target to $1 from $2; 
                                           rating average 
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 RSC Holdings    UBS                Raises to buy 
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 Smith & Wesson         Wedbush            Raises price target to $5 from $4; 
 Holding Corp                      maintains buy rating 
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 Solera Holdings        Goldman Sachs      Cuts price target to $23 from $26 
  
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 SPX             JP Morgan          Cuts price target to $30 from $33 
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 Sunstone Hotel         RBC                Cuts price target to $2 from $6; 
 Investors                          rating sector perform 
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 Union Drilling         RBC                Cuts to underperform from sector 
                                   perform 
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 Wabco Holdings         JP Morgan          Cuts price target to $9 from $11 
  
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 Watts Water            JP Morgan          Cuts price target to $12 from $15 
 Technologies   
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 Wesco International    JP Morgan          Cuts  price target to $16 from $18 
  
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 WNS Holdings Ltd       Goldman Sachs      Cuts price target to $5 from $8 
  
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 ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon and Antonita Madonna Devotta; Bangalore Equities 
 Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800;  within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
                        
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