US-RESEARCH/ (NON-S&P500)

Tue Jan 6, 2009 12:55pm EST
 
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 Hewitt Associates      Goldman Sachs     Removes from Americas
conviction
 (HEW.N)                                  sell list
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 ------------ Intersil Corp (ISIL.O) JP Morgan         Cuts to
neutral from overweight
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 ------------ Itron Inc (ITRI.O)     JP Morgan         Cuts to
neutral from overweight
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 ------------ JA Solar (JASO.O)      Collins Stewart   Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ Kodiak Oil & Gas       Keybanc           Cuts
price target to $2 from $4;
 Corp (KOG.A)                             rating buy
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 ------------ LHC Group Inc (LHCG.O) RBC               Raises
price target to $36 from $33;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Lululemon Athletica    Cowen             Starts
with underperform rating
 (LULU.O)
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 ------------ Measurement            Needham           Cuts
price target to $12.00 from
 Specialties (MEAS.O)                     $15.00
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 ------------ Moneygram              Morgan Keegan     Cuts to
market perform
 International (MGI.N)
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 ------------ Multi-Fineline         RBC               Raises
price target to $18 from $14;  Electronix (MFLX.O)
     rating outperform
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 ------------ Newfield Exploration   Keybanc           Cuts to
hold from buy
 (NFX.N)
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 ------------ Och Ziff Capital       Banc Of America   Cuts
price target to $7 from $8;
 (OZM.N)                                  rating buy
                     Barclays          Cuts price target to
$9 from $12;
                                       rating overweight
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 ------------ Oil States             Stifel            Cuts
price target to $33 from $37;
 International (OIS.N)                    rating buy
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 ------------ Petmed Express (PETS.O)CL King           Starts
with strong buy
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 ------------ Puget Energy PSD.N   Baird             Cuts to
neutral from outperform
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 ------------ Quicksilver Resources  Keybanc           Cuts
price target to $13 from $25;
 (KWK.N)                                  rating buy
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 ------------ RC2 Corp (RCRC.O)      Needham           Cuts
price target to $17 from $25;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Rex Energy (REXX.O)    Keybanc           Cuts
price target to $10 from $20;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Southwestern Energy    Keybanc           Raises
to buy from hold
 (SWN.N)
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 ------------ Stancorp Financial     Fox-Pitt          Cuts
price target to $45 from $54
 (SFG.N)
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 ------------ Stereotaxis (STXS.O)   Collins Stewart   Cuts
price target to $6 from $8;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Synovus Financial      Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $8 from $9;
 (SNV.N)                                  rating hold
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 ------------ Tree.com Inc (TREE.O)  Stifel            Raises
to buy from hold
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 ------------ URS Corporation        UBS               Raises
price target to $42 from $30
 (URS.N)
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 ------------ Whiting Petroleum      Keybanc           Cuts
price target to $60 from $95;
 Corp (WLL.N)                             rating buy
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 ------------ YRC Worldwide Inc      Wachovia          Raises
to market perform from
 (YRCW.O)                                 underperform
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Antonita Madonna Devotta; Bangalore
Equities Newsdesk +91 80  4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223
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