US RESEARCH SUMMARY-S&P 500 April 3 1659 GMT

Fri Apr 3, 2009 12:59pm 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 
 Aeropostale     UBS               Raises price target to $31 from $26; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 American Express       Goldman Sachs     Keeps sell rating 
   
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 Arqule         UBS               Cuts to neutral from buy; price target 
                                          to $4.75 from $5.00  
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 Array Biopharma  UBS             Cuts price target to $6 from $10;  
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Blackboard     Canaccord Adams   Cuts to hold from buy; price target 
                                          remains $36 
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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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 D.R. Horton Inc  S&P Equity       Raises target price to $13 from $10; 
                                          rating buy 
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 DR Pepper Snapple      Barclays          Starts with overweight; price target 
                                   of $25 
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 Dow Chemical    Barclays          Raises price target to $11 from $5; 
                                          rating equal weight 
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 Evergreen Solar  Canaccord Adams Starts with sell rating; price target 
                                          of $1.75 
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 First Horizon National Citigroup         Cuts to hold from buy 
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 Freeport Mcmoran  UBS             Raises price target to $49 from $35;  
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Geron Corp     UBS               Cuts price target to $5 from $7.25; 
                                          keeps neutral rating 
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 Honeywell International UBS              Cuts price target to $30 from $31;  
                                   keeps neutral rating 
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 IBM             S&P Equity        Raises price target to $130 from $120; 
                                          keeps strong 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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 Kimco Realty    S&P Equity        Upgrades to hold from sell 
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 MKS Instruments  S&P Equity      Raises to buy from hold; price target 
                                          to $19 from $15 
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 Morgan Stanley   Goldman Sachs     Keeps buy rating 
  [nWNAB0562]    
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 Netsuite          Canaccord Adams   Cuts to hold from buy; price target 
                                          remains $15 
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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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 Praxair Inc      Barclays          Raises price target to $76 from $70; 
                                          rating overweight 
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 Pulte Homes     S&P Equity        Raises price target to $14 from $13, 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Successfactors  Canaccord Adams  Cuts to sell from hold; price target 
                                          remains $6 
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 Sunpower Corp  Canaccord Adams  Starts with hold rating; price target 
                                          of $23 
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 Suntech Power Holdings  Canaccord Adams  Starts with hold rating; price target 
                                   of $12 
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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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