US-RESEARCH/ (NON-S&P500)

Thu May 22, 2008 5:07pm EDT
 
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 Level 3 Communications Wachovia          Raises to market
perform from
 (LVLT.O)                                 underperform
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 ------------ Manpower               Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
 (MAN.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ MSCI (MXB.N)           Fox-Pitt          Starts
with an outperform rating;
                                       price target of $40
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 ------------ Multi-Fineline         S&P Equity        Starts
with buy; target price $24
 Electronix (MFLX.O)
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 -------------- Newfield Exploration   Howard Weil       Raises
price target to $88 from
 (NFX.N)                                  $66; rating market
outperform
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 ------------ New York & Co (NWY.N)  S&P Equity        Raises
price target by $2 to $9;
                     Research          keeps hold rating
                     Brean Murray      Raises price target
to $9 from
                                       $8; rating buy  
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 ----------- Northwest Airlines     Calyon            Cuts to
neutral from add
 NWA.N
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 ------------ Oil States             Stifel            Raises
price target to $66.00 from  International (OIS.N)
   $57.00; rating buy
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 ------------ Panera Bread           Jefferies         Starts
with buy rating, reports
 (PNRA.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ PetSmart               Credit Suisse     Raises
price target to $20 from $18;
 (PETM.O)                                 rating neutral
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 ------------ P.F. Chang's           Jefferies         Starts
with hold rating, reports
 (PFCB.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Robert Half            Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
 International (RHI.N)                    theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Ross Stores            Piper Jaffray     Raises
to buy from neutral, reports
 (ROST.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Royal Caribbean        UBS               Cuts
price target to $33 from
 Cruises (RCL.N)                          $36; rating neutral
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 ------------ Salesforce.com         Jefferies         Raises
to buy from hold, reports
 (CRM.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
                     Lazard            Raises price target
to $69 from $67;
                                       keeps buy rating
                     Citigroup         Raises price target
to $80.00 from
                                       $70.00; rating buy
                     Deutsche Bank     Raises price target
to $85 from                                           $80;
rating buy
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 ------------ Semtech                Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
 (SMTC.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
                     Stifel            Raises price target
to $22.00 from
                                       $20.00; rating buy
                     Citigroup         Raises price target
to $22.00 from
                                       $19.00; rating buy
                     Caris             Raises price target
to $17 from
                                       $12; rating average
                     Deutsche Bank     Raises price target
to $17 from
                                       $14; rating hold
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 ------------ Solarfun Power         Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
 (SOLF.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
                     American          Raises price target
to $20 from
                     Technology        $14; keeps neutral
rating
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 ------------ Starent Networks       Deutsche Bank     Starts
with buy rating, reports
 (STAR.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Talisman Energy        BMO               Raises
price target to C$23 from  (TLM.TO)
 C$21; rating market perform
                     Citigroup         Raises price target
to C$32.00
                                       from C$26.00; rating
buy
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 ------------ Ternium                Goldman Sachs     Raises
to buy from neutral, reports
 (TX.N)                                   theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Trueblue               Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
 (TBI.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Tween Brands (TWB.N)   Stifel            Cuts
price target to $30.00 from
                                       $36.00; rating buy
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 ------------ UBS AG (UBS.N)         Keefe Bruyette    Raises
to market perform from
                                       underperform, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Vineyard National      RBC               Cuts
price target to $3 from $4;
 Bancorp VNBC.O                         rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Zarlink Semiconductor  BMO               Raises
to market perform from
 (ZL.TO)                                  underperform
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Bijoy Koyitty; Bangalore Equities
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