US RESEARCH NEWS-Lazard raises Acorda price target to $35
Following are the research actions reported by Reuters on Monday. For actions reported earlier today, please double click on [nBNG319243] --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION Acorda Therapeutics Lazard Raises price target to $35 from $28; (ACOR.O) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Union Pacific UBS Raises price target to $156 from (UNP.N) $145; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Caterpillar (CAT.N) Lehman Cuts price target to $75 from $80 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ City National (CYN.N) Lehman Cuts price target to $65 from $70 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ First Midwest Bancorp Lehman Cuts price target to $32 from $35 (FMBI.O) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ WW Grainger (GWW.N) Lehman Cuts price target to $95 from $100 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Hubbell (HUBb.N) Lehman Cuts price target to $60 from $64 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Tractor Supply (TSCO.O)Lehman Cuts price target to $50 from $55 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Harvest Natural Raymond James Raises to strong buy from outperform Resources (HNR.N) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Embarq (EQ.N) Credit Suisse Cuts price target to $57 from $59 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ WellCare Health Plans Credit Suisse Raises price target to $55 from $50 (WCG.N) [nWNA7097] --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Advance Auto Parts Credit Suisse Raises price target to $38 from $35 (AAP.N) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Autozone (AZO.N) Credit Suisse Raises price target to $125 from $115 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Textron Credit Suisse Cuts price target to $62 from $75 (TXT.N) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Headwaters Wedbush Cuts price target to $14 from $17; (HW.N) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Tractor Supply Wedbush Cuts price target to $41 from $43; (TSCO.O) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Oshkosh Truck Wedbush Cuts price target to $55 from $59; (OSK.N) keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ RC2 Corp (RCRC.O) Wedbush Cuts to hold from buy --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ NuVasive (NUVA.O) SMH Capital Raises to neutral rating ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Dime Community FTN Midwest Raises to buy Bancshares (DCOM.O) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ First Charter Corp FTN Midwest Raises to buy from neutral FCTR.O --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Bill Barrett (BBG.N) Deutsche Bank Raises to buy from hold, reports theflyonthewall.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Campbell Soup (CPB.N) Citigroup Cuts price target to $35 from $39;
has hold rating
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----------- Lincoln National Citigroup Cuts
price target to $60 from $70; (LNC.N)
keeps buy rating
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----------- Metlife (MET.N) Citigroup Cuts
price target to $70 from $80;
keeps buy rating
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----------- Gammon Gold (GAM.TO) BMO Cuts
price target to c$11 from c$20;
has outperform rating
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----------- Dell (DELL.O) UBS Cuts
price target to $22 from $25; [nWNA7078]
keeps neutral rating
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----------- McGraw-Hill Companies UBS Raises
price target to $40 from $37; (MHP.N)
keeps sell rating
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----------- Zimmer Holdings UBS Cuts
price target to $85 from $92; (ZMH.N)
keeps buy rating ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- International Forest BMO Cuts to underperform Products (IFPa.TO) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Norbord (NBD.TO) BMO Raises to outperform ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Manulife Financial Dundee Cuts price target to C$43.50 from (MFC.TO)
C$45.75; keeps market outperform
rating
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----------- Innophos Holdings Credit Suisse Starts
with outperform rating, (IPHS.O)
reports theflyonthewall.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Xtent Inc XTNT.O Cowen Starts with outperform rating ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- St Jude Medical Cowen Starts with outperform rating (STJ.N) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ H.B. Fuller (FUL.N) KeyBanc Cuts to buy from aggressive buy;
target price to $27 from $30
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----------- Hibbett Sports Needham Starts
with buy rating; price target (HIBB.O)
of $19
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----------- Columbia Sportswear Caris Cuts
price target to $36; keeps (COLM.O)
average rating
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----------- Weatherford Friedman Raises to
outperform from market International (WFT.N)
perform; raises price target to $75
from $64 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ((Compiled by Neha Singh; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780))
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