US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 Feb 2 1505 GMT

Mon Feb 2, 2009 10:05am EST
 
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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 
 Active Power   RBC               Cuts price target to $1 from $2; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 American Axle          Baird             Cuts price target to $5 from $6; 
                                   rating neutral 
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 Boston Beer     Deutsche Bank     Cuts price target to $31 from $34; 
                                          rating hold 
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 Cardica        Lazard            Cuts price target to $9 from $11; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Cash America           RBC               Cuts price target to $22 from $36; 
 International                     rating sector perform 
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 CEC Entertainment      Morgan Keegan     Raises to outperform from market 
                                   perform on valuation, strong cash  
                                          flow 
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 Choice Hotels          Barclays          Cuts price target to $20 from $26; 
                                   rating equal-weight 
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 Encore Bancshares      Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target to $12 from $17; 
                                  rating buy 
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 Fcstone Group  Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target to $4 from $5; 
                                          rating hold 
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 Ferro Corp      Keybanc           Raises to hold from underweight 
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 First Niagara          Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target by $1.50 to $14; 
 Financial                        keeps hold rating 
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 Flowserve Corp  RBC               Cuts price target to $75 from $80; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 Glacier Bancorp        Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target to $15 from $17; 
                                  rating hold 
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 Invesco Ltd     Jefferies         Cuts price target to $15.00 from  
                                          $18.00; rating buy 
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 Ion Geophysical        Barclays          Cuts price target to $7 from $10;  
                                    rating overweight 
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 Labranche       Goldman Sachs     Cuts to neutral from buy 
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 MB Financial   Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target to $15 from $20; 
                                          keeps sell rating 
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 Nara Bancorp   BMO               Cuts price target to $7 from $10; 
                                          rating market perform 
                        Sandler O'Neill   Cuts price target to $6.50 from $9; 
                                          rating hold 
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 Nasdaq         Goldman Sachs     Cuts to neutral; price target to 
                                          $23 from $25 
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 Parexel International  Wachovia          Raises to outperform from market 
                                  perform 
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 Patterson-UTI Energy   Tristone          Cuts price target to $8 from $9;  
                                  keeps underperform rating 
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 Petroquest Energy      Jefferies         Cuts to hold from buy; price target 
                                    to $6 from $12 
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 Pinnacle Entertainment Goldman Sachs     Cuts to neutral from buy 
  
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 Plains Exploration &   Barclays          Cuts price target to $56 from $60; 
 Production                        rating overweight 
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 QLT Inc        RBC               Raises price target to $3.50 from 
                                          $3; rating sector perform 
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 Quality Systems        Caris             Cuts to average from above average 
                                  on valuation 
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 S&T Bancorp    Janney Montgomery Cuts fair value to $31 from $34; 
 Scott                                    rating buy 
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 Scientific Games       Goldman Sachs     Raises to buy from neutral 
   
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 Targa Resources        RBC               Cuts price target to $21 from $25; 
 Partners                         rating outperform 
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 Tetra Tech     BMO               Raises to market perform from 
                                          underperform 
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 THQ Inc        Wedbush           Cuts price target to $5.50 from 
                                          $7.50; keeps buy rating 
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 Warner Music    Goldman Sachs     Cuts price target to $1.75 from 
                                          $3.50; rating sell 
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 Western Alliance       RBC               Cuts price target to $7 from $9; 
 Bancorp                           rating sector perform 
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 Wilmington Trust       RBC               Cuts price target to $12 from $17; 
                                    rating sector perform 
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 ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema and Shrutika Verma; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 
80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
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