US RESEARCH NEWS-Goldman raises Vertex Pharmaceuticals to buy
Following are the research actions reported by Reuters on Thursday as of 0713 ET --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION Vertex Pharmaceuticals Goldman Sachs Raises to buy from neutral (VRTX.O) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Ctrip.com Bear Stearns Starts with outperform rating; price (CTRP.O) target of $80, reports
theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Ariba Broadpoint Starts with buy rating; price target (ARBA.O) of $15 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Sun Healthcare Bear Stearns Raises to outperform from peer (SUNH.O) perform, reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ W&T Offshore Calyon Raises price target to $28 from $26; (WTI.N) keeps neutral rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Chesapeake Energy Calyon Raises price target to $45 from $40; (CHK.N) keeps add rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Royal Gold Merrill Lynch Raises to buy from neutral, reports (RGLD.O) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Washington Mutual Friedman Cuts price target to $14 from $23; (WM.N) keeps underperform rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Westjet Airlines UBS Raises price target to C$23 from C$21; (WJAa.TO) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Quebecor World UBS Cuts to neutral from buy (IQW.TO) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Coeur d'Alene JP Morgan Raises to overweight from neutral, (CDE.N) reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ AMR Corp UBS Cuts to sell from neutral, reports (AMR.N) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Airtran Holdings UBS Cuts to neutral from buy, reports (AAI.N) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Somaxon JP Morgan Raises to neutral from underweight, Pharmaceuticals (SOMX.O) reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Tyson Foods Wachovia Raises to market perform from (TSN.N) underperform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Kinross Gold Credit Suisse Cuts to neutral from outperform, (K.TO) reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Global Cash Access JP Morgan Cuts to neutral from overweight (GCA.N) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Nortel Networks Credit Suisse Raises to neutral from underperform, NT.N reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Ashland Credit Suisse Raises to neutral from underperform; (ASH.N) price target of $66, reports
theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Eaton Corp Bernstein Raises to outperform from market (ETN.N) perform, reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Brown-Forman (BFb.N) JP Morgan Cuts to neutral from overweight --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Lincoln National Merrill Lynch Raises to buy from neutral, reports (LNC.N) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Aflac Merrill Lynch Cuts to neutral from buy, reports (AFL.N) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Primus Guaranty Lehman Cuts to underweight from overweight, (PRS.N) reports theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Town Sports BofA Raises to neutral from sell, reports (CLUB.O) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Nice Systems BofA Cuts to neutral from buy, reports (NICE.O) theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ FirstMerit Corp Lehman Raises to equal weight from (FMER.O) underweight, reports
theflyonthewall.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ PG&E (PCG.N) Jefferies Raises to buy from hold --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Expedia (EXPE.O) Banc of America Raises price target to $37 from $35;
keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ WestJet Airlines Raymond James Raises price target to C$24 from (WJA.TO) C$20; keeps outperform rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Uranium One (UUU.TO) Raymond James Raises to strong buy from outperform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Stantec (STN.TO) Raymond James Raises to outperform from
market perform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Cordero Energy Raymond James Raises to outperform from COR.TO market perform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Tal International Baird Cuts price target to $26 from $28; GROUP (TAL.N) keeps neutral rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Foster Wheeler Citigroup Raises to buy from hold (FWLT.O) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- SEACOR Holdings Lehman Raises price target to $98 from; (CKH.N) $95; keeps equal weight rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Primus Guaranty Morgan Stanley Cuts price target to $12 from $15; (PRS.N) keeps overweight rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Nastech Pharmaceutical Friedman Cuts price target to $12 from; NSTK.O $14.50, Keeps market perform rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Nastech Pharmaceutical Needham Cuts to hold from buy NSTK.O --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- McCormick & Schmick's Banc of America Cuts price target to $24 from $26; Seafood Restaurants (MSSR.O) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Morgan Stanley Banc of America Cuts price target to $79 from $92; (MS.N) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Ship Finance Citigroup Raises to buy from sell International (SFL.N) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ((Compiled by Neha Singh; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780))
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