CANADA RESEARCH SUMMARY: Sept 12 1415 GMT

Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:18am EDT
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on Canadian
companies reported by  Reuters on Friday. Stock entries are in
alphabetical order.
 See bottom of table for Sector/Index target changes.
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 ------------ STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION
 Arc Energy Trust       UBS               Raises to buy from
neutral
 (AET_u.TO)
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 ------------ BCE Inc                Genuity           Raises
to buy from hold
 (BCE.TO)
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 ------------ Coastal Contacts       Octagon           Raises
to buy from hold
 (COA.TO)
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 ------------ Ember Resources        BMO               Cuts
price target to C$4.25 from
 (EBR.TO)                                 C$5.63; rating
outperform
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 ------------ Empire Co Ltd          BMO               Cuts to
underperform from market
 (EMPa.TO) [ID:nWNA3716]                  perform; price target
to C$42
                                       from C$43
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 ------------ Eveready Income Fund   Paradigm          Cuts
price target to C$4 from C$4.50;
 EIS_u.TO [ID:nWNA3722]                 rating hold
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 ------------ Falcon Oil and Gas     BMO               Starts
with outperform rating; price
 (FO.V)                                   target of C$1.35
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 ------------ Harry Winston          UBS               Cuts
price target to C$33.50 from
 Diamond (HW.TO)                          C$37; keeps buy
rating
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 ------------ Lululemon Athletica    BMO               Raises
to outperform from
 (LLL.TO) (LULU.O)                        market perform
                     Goldman Sachs     Cuts price target to
$21 from $27;
                                       rating neutral
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 ------------ Manulife Financial     BMO               Raises
price target to C$43 from C$41;
 (MFC.TO) [ID:nWNA3717]                   rating outperform
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 ------------ Maple Leaf Foods       Scotia Capital    Cuts to
sector underperform from
 (MFI.TO) [ID:nWNAS0939]                  sector perform
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 ------------ Niko Resources         Genuity           Raises
to buy from hold; keeps price
 (NKO.TO)                                 target of C$130
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 ------------ North West Company     RBC               Cuts
price target to C$19 from C$21;
 Fund (NWF_u.TO)                          rating sector
perform
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 ------------ ProEx Energy           Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$23 from C$26;
 PXE.TO                                 keeps sector perform
rating
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 ------------ Questerre Energy       Dundee            Starts
with buy rating; price target
 (QEC.TO)                                 of C$8.25
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 ------------ Transcontinental       RBC               Cuts
price target to C$18 from C$20;
 (TCLa.TO)                                Rating sector perform
                     BMO               Cuts price target to
C$18 from C$20;
 [ID:nWNA3719]                            rating market perform
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts price target to
C$18 from C$22;
 [ID:nWNAS0961]                           rating neutral
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 ------------ Viterra                Scotia Capital    Raises
to sector perform from
 (VT.TO) [ID:nWNAS0939]                   sector underperform
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 ------------ Xceed Mortgage         BMO               Raises
to market perform from
 (XMC.TO) [ID:nWNA3715]                   underperform; price
target to
                                       C$1.75 from C$1.25
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 ------------ 20-20 Technologies     Blackmont         Cuts
price target to C$4.50 from C$6;
 (TWT.TO)                                 keeps hold rating
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 ------------ SECTOR/INDEX TARGET CHANGES:
 S&P/TSX Composite      BMO               Cuts year-end target
to 15,000;
 Index .GSPTSE                          Cuts 2008 operating
earnings forecast
 [ID:nBNG355693]                          by $45 to $890; cuts
2009 operating
                                       earnings forecast by
$55 to $945, as
                                       part of Canadian
portfolio strategy
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Neha Singh; Bangalore Equities
Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 

 

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