US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 May 1 1226 GMT

Fri May 1, 2009 8:27am 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 
 Advanta Corp  KBW               Cuts price target to $3 from $6 
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 Agnico-Eagle Mines     RBC               Cuts price target to $60 from $62; 
                                   rating sector perform 
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 Amag Pharmaceuticals   Jefferies         Raises price target to $55 from $45; 
                                  rating buy 
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 Americredit     Friedman          Raises price target to $9 from $5; 
                                          rating market perform 
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 Ashland         Jefferies         Raises price target to $30 from $22; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Asset Acceptance       KBW               Raises price target to $7 from $6 
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 Baldor Electric Co     Baird             Raises price target to $26 from $24; 
                                   rating outperform 
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 Banner Corp    KBW               Raises price target to $4 from $2 
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 Borgwarner Inc         Baird             Raises price target to $25 from $16; 
                                   rating underperform 
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 Cabela's Inc    JP Morgan         Raises price target to $14 from $10; 
                                          rating neutral 
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 Cabot           Jefferies         Raises price target to $15 from 
                                          $13; rating hold 
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 Calamos Asset          KBW               Raises price target to $12 from $6.50 
 Management     Credit Suisse     Raises price target to $8 from $6;  
                                          rating underperform 
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 Canadian Natural       Goldman Sachs     Raises price target to $55 from $47 
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 CBeyond INC    Jefferies         Raises price target to $16 from $12; 
                                          rating underperform 
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 Central European       Jefferies         Raises price target to $27 from $25; 
 Distribution                     rating buy 
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 Cerus Corp     Baird             Cuts price target to $3 from $5;  
                                          rating outperform 
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 Commercial Vehicle     Baird             Cuts price target to $2 from $3;  
 Group                            rating neutral 
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 Comscore       Jefferies         Cuts price target to $15 from $18; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Crown Castle           Jefferies         Raises price target to $29 from $27; 
 International                     keeps buy rating 
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 Cytec Industries       Jefferies         Raises price target to $20 from $17; 
                                   keeps hold rating 
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 Diamond Foods  Keybanc           Starts with buy; price target of $32 
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 Dolby Laboratories     Collins Stewart   Raises price target to $29 from $22; 
                                   rating sell 
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 Duke Realty     Baird             Cuts to neutral from outperform 
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 Encore Capital Group   Jefferies         Raises price target to $9 from $5.50; 
                                  rating hold 
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 Evercore Partners      KBW               Raises price target to $17.50  
                                   from $13.50 
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 Femsa           HSBC              Raises price target to $34 from 
                                          $30; keeps overweight rating 
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 Flowers Foods   Keybanc           Starts fwith buy; price target of $27 
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 Hatteras Financial     Wachovia          Cuts to market perform from outperform 
  
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 Gentiva Health         Jefferies         Cuts price target to $27 from $32; 
 Services                         rating buy 
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 Hornbeck Offshore      Jefferies         Raises price target to $25 from $17; 
 Services                          rating hold 
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 Graftech International Jefferies         Raises price target to $12 from $10; 
                                   keeps buy rating 
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 KBR Inc         Stifel            Raises price target to $21 from $18; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Kirby Corp      Jefferies         Raises to hold from underperform 
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 Lubrizol Corp    Jefferies         Raises price target to $53 from $48; 
                                          keeps buy rating 
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 Maxim Integrated       Thinkequity       Raises to buy 
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 MB Financial   KBW               Cuts price target to $16 from $20 
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 McAfee Inc      Baird             Cuts to neutral from outperform  
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 Mettler-Toledo  Baird             Raises to outperform from neutral 
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 Micros Systems Jefferies         Raises price target to $28 from $25; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Morningstar    KBW               Raises price target to $38 from $27 
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 Natus Medical  Needham           Raises to buy from hold 
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 Netlogic Microsystems  Jefferies         Raises price target to $39 from $35; 
                                  rating buy 
                        Stifel            Raises price target to $36 from $25; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Nexen           Goldman Sachs     Raises price target to $23 from $20 
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 Northeast Utilities    Jefferies         Cuts price target to $21.50 from $23; 
                                    rating hold 
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 NRG Energy      Jefferies         Cuts price target to $22.50 from $26; 
                                          keeps hold rating 
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 Oceaneering            Jefferies         Raises price target to $54 from $48; 
 International                     rating buy 
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 Odyssey Re      KBW               Cuts price target to $47 from $50 
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 Omnicell               Piper Jaffray     Raises price target to $11 from  
                                  $10; keeps buy rating 
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 O'Reilly Automotive    Friedman          Cuts to market perform from outperform 
  
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 Owens Corning    JP Morgan         Raises price target to $13.50 from  
                                          $9.50; keeps neutral rating 
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 Palm           UBS               Raises price target to $11 from 
                                          $7.30; rating neutral 
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 Pennsylvania Reit      Stifel            Cuts to sell from hold on capital 
                                   replacement, fundamental risks 
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 Petro-Canada           Goldman Sachs     Raises to buy from sell 
   
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 Plexus CorP    Collins Stewart   Raises price target to $13.30 from 
                                          $7.20; rating sell 
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 Red Hat Inc     Baird             Cuts to neutral from outperform 
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 Research in Motion     UBS               Raises to buy from neutral; price 
                          target to $90 from $85 
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 Sepracor       Goldman Sachs     Cuts to sell from neutral 
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 Sierra Wireless        RBC               Raises price target to $7 from $6; 
                                  rating sector perform 
                        Haywood           Raises price target by $0.75 to $6.25; 
                                          rating sector perform 
                        Dundee            Raises to buy from neutral; price 
                                          target to $7 from $5.50 
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 Sourcefire     Jefferies         Raises price target to $13 from $11; 
                                          rating buy 
                        Stifel            Raises price target to $15 from $10; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Sonus Networks         Jefferies         Cuts to hold from buy 
  
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 Suncor Energy          Goldman Sachs     Raises to buy from sell; adds to 
                             conviction buy list 
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 Symmetry Medical       Wachovia          Cuts to underperform from market 
                                   perform 
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 Tenneco Inc     Baird             Raises price target to $4 from $3; 
                                          rating neutral 
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 Trico Bancshares       KBW               Raises to outperform from market  
                                  perform; price target to $22 from $16 
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 Vistaprint     Jefferies         Raises price target to $40 from $33; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Westamerica Bancorp    Stifel            Cuts to sell from hold 
  
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 Williams Pipeline      Stifel            Cuts to hold from buy 
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 Wonder Auto Technology Susquehanna       Cuts to neutral from positive 
  
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  ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; 
within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
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