US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 Nov 24 2257 GMT

Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:58pm EST
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500
companies reported  by Reuters on Monday. Stock entries are in
alphabetical order.
 For a summary of research on S&P 500 companies, double click
on [RCH/US].
 For a summary of research on Canadian companies, double click
on [RCH/CA].
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 ------------ STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION
 Actuant Corp (ATU.N)   Janney Montgomery Cuts to neutral from
buy
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 ------------ AnnTaylor Stores       Wedbush           Cuts
price target to $4 from $8;
 (ANN.N)                                  rating hold
                     Citigroup         Cuts price target to
$5 from $9;
                                       rating hold
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts price target to
$5 from $10
                     UBS               Cuts price target to
$5 from $10;
                                       rating neutral
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 ------------ Arctic Cat Inc         Wedbush           Cuts
price target to $6 from $8;
 (ACAT.O)                                 rating hold
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 ------------ Banner Corp (BANR.O)   Sandler O'Neill   Cuts
price target by $2 to $10;
                                       keeps hold rating
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 ------------ Brinker International  Raymond James     Raises
to strong buy
 Inc (EAT.N)
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 ------------ Buffalo Wild Wings     Jefferies         Raises
to buy from hold
 Inc (BWLD.O)
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 ------------ Charlotte Russe        S&P Equity        Raises
to hold from sell
 Holding Inc CHIC.O   Research
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 ------------ Columbia Banking       Sandler O'Neill   Raises
to buy from hold
 System (COLB.O)
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 ------------ Copa Holdings SA       Calyon            Cuts
target price to $48 from $59
 (CPA.N)
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 ------------ Dampskibsselskabet     Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $34 from $40;
 TORM (TRMD.O)                            keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Dover Downs (DDE.N)    Jefferies         Raises
to hold from underperform
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 ------------ Encana Corp (ECA.N)    Credit Suisse     Cuts
price target to $70 from $72
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 ------------ Energy Transfer        Barclays          Cuts
price target to $37 from $47;
 Partners (ETP.N)                         rating overweight
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 ------------ Ethan Allen Interiors  S&P Equity        Raises
to hold from sell
 (ETH.N)                Research
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 ------------ Foot Locker Inc (FL.N) Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $7 from $17;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Fred's Inc (FRED.O)    William Blair     Raises
to outperform from market
                                       perform
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 ------------ G-III Apparel Group    Lazard            Cuts to
hold from buy
 (GIII.O)
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 ------------ GOL (GOL.N)            Calyon            Cuts
target price to $3 from $8
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 ------------ Greif Inc (GEF.N)      Janney Montgomery Cuts to
neutral from buy
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 ------------ Hibbett Sports Inc     Needham           Raises
to buy from hold
 (HIBB.O)
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 ------------ Hiland Partners LP     Morgan Keegan     Cuts to
underperform
 (HLND.O)
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 ------------ Hot Topic (HOTT.O)     Friedman          Adds to
top picks list; rating
                                       outperform
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 ------------ Hovnanian Enterprises  S&P Equity        Raises
to hold from sell
 (HOV.N)                Research          Cuts price target to
$2 from $5
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 ------------ Idex Corp (IEX.N)      Janney Montgomery Cuts to
neutral from buy
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 ------------ Iowa                   RBC               Cuts
price target to $16 from $18;
 Telecommunications (IWA.N)               rating sector
perform
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 ------------ J Crew Group Inc       Brean Murray      Raises
to hold from sell
 (JCG.N)                Needham           Cuts price target to
$15 from $32;
                                       rating buy
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