US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 March 20 2048 GMT

Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:48pm EDT
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 companies reported 
 by Reuters on Friday. 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 
 Accenture Ltd   UBS               Cuts price target to $41 from $42; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Adolor Corp    Wedbush           Starts with hold rating 
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 Alexandria Real        Barclays          Cuts price target to $55 from $70; 
 Estate                            rating equal-weight 
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 Amicus Therapeutics    Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                  of $17 
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 Anadys Pharmaceuticals Leerink Swann     Starts with outperform rating 
                                                        
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 Biomed Realty Trust    UBS               Cuts price target to $14 from $16; 
 Inc                               keeps buy rating 
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 Biomimetic             Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
 Therapeutics                     of $24 
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 Blackboard     Wedbush           Cuts to buy from strong buy 
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 Blockbuster     Wedbush           Cuts price target to $2.50 from $4; 
                                          rating strong buy 
                        Janney Montgomery Cuts fair value to $2.00 from $3.25; 
                        Scott             keeps buy rating 
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 Borgwarner      UBS               Starts with neutral; price target 
                                          of $21 
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 Cabot Corp      JP Morgan         Cuts to neutral from overweight 
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 Cavium Networks        Raymond James     Raises price target to $14.50 from 
                                  $12; keeps outperform rating 
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 Central European       Jefferies         Raises price target to $16 from $12; 
 Distribution                     rating buy 
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 China Sunergy  Jefferies         Cuts price target to $4 from $5; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Combinatorx    Wedbush           Starts with hold rating 
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 Comtech                Collins Stewart   Cuts price target to $32.50 from 
 Telecommunications               $33.50; rating buy 
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 CRA International      UBS               Cuts price target to $30 from $40; 
 Inc                              keeps buy rating 
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 Cubist Pharmaceuticals Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                  $20 
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 Cybex International    Stifel            Raises price target to $3.50 from 
                                  $3; rating buy 
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 Cytokinetics   Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                          of $4 
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 Diana Shipping  Wachovia          Cuts to market perform from  
                                          outperform 
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 Dynavax Technologies   Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                  of $1.20 
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 Eagle Bulk Shipping    Wachovia          Cuts to market perform from 
                                  outperform 
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 Emergent Biosolutions  Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; fair value 
                                   of $26 
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 Energy Solutions       Lazard            Raises price target to $12 from $9; 
                                    rating buy 
                        Wedbush           Raises price target to $10 from $9; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Eastern Insurance      Fox-Pitt          Starts with in line rating 
 Holdings  
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 Euroseas       Wachovia          Cuts to market perform from 
                                          outperform 
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 Herman Miller  Raymond James     Cuts price target to $14 from $17; 
                                          keeps outperform rating 
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 ICX Technologies       Needham           Cuts price target to $8.00 from 
                                  $9.00; rating buy 
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 Ivanhoe Energy         Tristone          Raises price target by $0.10 to 
                                  $1.35; rating outperform 
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 James River Coal Co    S&P Equity        Cuts to sell from hold 
  
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 Mantech International  Wachovia          Raises to outperform from market 
                                  perform 
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 Medicis Pharmaceutical Credit Suisse     Raises target price to $13 from $10 
  
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 Nalco Holding   Canaccord Adams   Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                          of $16 
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 NeurogesX      Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                          of $8 
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 Peabody Energy  S&P Equity        Cuts to sell from hold; target price 
                                          down by $3 to $25 
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 Perry Ellis            Wedbush           Cuts  price target to $4 from $6; 
 International                    rating hold 
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 Poniard                Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
 Pharmaceuticals                  of $6 
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 Rackspace Hosting      Jefferies         Raises price target to $9 from $8; 
                                   rating buy 
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 Research In Motion     Caris             Starts with buy; price target of $60 
  
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 Salix Pharmaceuticals  Credit Suisse     Raises target price to $8 from $7 
   
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 Seagate Technology     Caris             Starts with above average; price 
                                   target of $6 
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 Synovus Financial      Raymond James     Raises to outperform from market 
                                   perform 
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 Tetra Tech     Broadpoint AmTech Initiates with buy; price target of 
                                          $30 
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 Tsakos Energy          Jefferies         Cuts price target to $18 from $21; 
 Navigation                        rating hold 
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 Urban Outfitters       Cowen             Cuts to neutral 
   
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 Vail Resorts    Barclays          Raises price target to $24 from $23; 
                                          rating equal-weight 
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 Western Digital        Caris             Starts with above average; price 
                                   target of $23 
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 XenoPort       Wedbush           Starts with strong buy rating; fair 
                                          value of $66 
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 ZymoGenetics   Wedbush           Starts with buy rating; price target 
                                          of $6 
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 ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; 
within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
                        
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