US-RESEARCH/ (NON-S&P500)

Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:17pm EST
 
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 Hercules Offshore      Goldman Sachs     Cuts price target to
$5 from $7
 (HERO.O)
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 ------------ Hornbeck Offshore      Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $15 from $23
 Services Inc (HOS.N)
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 ------------ IberiaBank (IBKC.O)    Baird             Raises
to outperform from neutral
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 ------------ Iron Mountain (IRM.N)  Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $26 from $31;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Lear Corp (LEA.N)      Deutsche Bank     Cuts to
sell from hold, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Life Technologies      Barclays          Cuts
price target to $45 from $50
 (LIFE.O)
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 ------------ Luminex Corp (LMNX.O)  Leerink Swann     Cuts to
market perform from
                                       outperform
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 ------------ Magna International    Deutsche Bank     Cuts to
sell from hold, reports
 (MGA.N) (MGa.TO)                         theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Micros Systems Inc     Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $18 from $21;
 (MCRS.O)                                 rating hold
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 ------------ Mohawk Industries Inc  Cowen             Raises
to outperform from neutral
 (MHK.N)
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 ------------ NBTY INC (NTY.N)       Wedbush           Cuts to
hold from buy on gross
                                       margin concerns for
Q1
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 ------------ Newfield Exploration   Barclays          Cuts
price target to $28 from $33
 Co (NFX.N)
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 ------------ Parametric Technology  Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $12 from $15;
 (PMTC.O)                                 rating hold
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 ------------ Patterson UTI Energy   Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
sell from neutral
 (PTEN.O)
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 ------------ Pioneer Natural        Barclays          Cuts
price target to $20 from $23;
 Resources (PXD.N)                        rating equal weight
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 ------------ Portland General       Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
neutral from buy
 Electric (POR.N)
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 ------------ Pride International    Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $16 from $18
 (PDE.N)
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 ------------ Quicksilver Resources  Collins Stewart   Starts
with buy rating; price
 (KWK.N)                                  target of $9
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 ------------ Ralcorp Holdings Inc   BB&T              Raises
to buy from hold
 (RAH.N)
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 ------------ Standard Microsystems  Needham           Cuts
price target to $18 from $26;
 Corp (SMSC.O)                            rating buy
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 ------------ Steel Dynamics Inc     S&P Equity      
Downgrades to hold from buy
 (STLD.O)
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 ------------ Tidewater (TDW.N)      Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $32 from $35
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 ------------ Treehouse Foods        JP Morgan         Adds to
US focus list
 (THS.N)
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 ------------ TRW (TRW.N)            Deutsche Bank     Cuts to
sell from hold, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Under Armour Inc       Wedbush           Cuts to
hold from buy
 (UA.N)
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 ------------ Urban Outfitters Inc   RBC               Cuts
price target to $20 from $24;
 (URBN.O)                                 rating outperform
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 ------------ Varian (VARI.O)        Leerink Swann     Cuts to
market perform rating
                     Barclays          Cuts to underweight
from equal
                                       weight
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 ------------ Volterra               Wedbush           Cuts
price target to $8 from $9;
 Semiconductor (VLTR.O)                   rating hold
                     Caris             Cuts price target to
$10 from $13;
                                       keeps above average
rating
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 ------------ Williams Pipeline      Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $15 from $18;
 (WMZ.N)                                  rating hold
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 ------------ Sector Changes:
 US regulated and       Goldman Sachs     Cuts to neutral from
attractive  diversified utilities
 sector [ID:nBNG16754]
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 -----------  US Engineering &       Goldman Sachs     Cuts
view to cautious from neutral  Construction Sector
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 ----------- Mexican Housing Sector Credit Suisse     Upgrades
to overweight from
                                       marketweight
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Amiteshwar Singh and Mary Meyase;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 

 

Companies In This Article

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (HERO.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (HOS.N) Quote, Profile, Research
IBERIABANK Corporation (IBKC.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Lear Corporation (LEA.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Life Technologies Corp. (LIFE.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Luminex Corp (LMNX.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Magna International Inc. (MGA.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Magna International Inc. (MGa.TO) Quote, Profile, Research
Micros Systems Inc (MCRS.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (MHK.N) Quote, Profile, Research
NBTY, Inc. (NTY.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Newfield Exploration Company (NFX.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Parametric Technology Corporation (PMTC.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (PTEN.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Pioneer Natural Resources Company (PXD.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Portland General Electric Company (POR.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Pride International, Inc. (PDE.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Quicksilver Resources Inc. (KWK.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (RAH.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Standard Microsystems Corp (SMSC.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Tidewater Inc. (TDW.N) Quote, Profile, Research
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (THS.N) Quote, Profile, Research
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (TRW.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Under Armour, Inc. (UA.N) Quote, Profile, Research
Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Varian, Inc. (VARI.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Volterra Semiconductor Corporation (VLTR.O) Quote, Profile, Research
Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. (WMZ.N) Quote, Profile, Research

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