US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 Nov 12 2103 GMT

Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:04pm EST
 
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 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500
companies reported  by Reuters on Wednesday. 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
 Aeropostale (ARO.N)    Brean Murray      Cuts to sell form
hold
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 ------------ AK Steel Holding       S&P Equity        Cuts to
sell from hold
 (AKS.N)
                     UBS               Cuts price target to
$11 from $14;
                                       rating neutral
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 ------------ American Eagle         Susquehanna       Cuts
price target to $18 from $20;
 Outfitters (AEO.N)                       rating positive
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 ------------ Autoliv (ALV.N)        Goldman Sachs     Removes
from conviction buy list,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
                     Keybanc           Raises to buy from
hold
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 ------------ Bankatlantic Bancorp   Sandler O'Neill   Cuts
price target by $2 to $4.50;
 (BBX.N)                                  rating hold
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 ------------ Blue Nile (NILE.O)     Stifel            Raises
to buy from hold
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 ------------ Brink's (BCO.N)        UBS               Cuts
price target to $26 from $70;
                                       rating neutral
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 ------------ Brooks Automation      Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $7 from $11;
 (BRKS.O)                                 rating hold
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts target price to
$5 from $9
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 ------------ Canadian National      Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
underperform from neutral,
 Railway (CNR.TO) (CNI.N)                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Cano Petroleum         Canaccord         Cuts
price target to $1.70 from $6;
 (CFW.A)                                  rating buy
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 ------------ CBL & Associates       RBC               Cuts
price target to $11 from $28;
 (CBL.N)                                  rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Cepheid (CPHD.O)       Leerink Swann     Starts
with outperform rating
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 ------------ Ceradyne (CRDN.O)      Friedman          Raises
to outperform from market
 [ID:nBNG424397]                          perform.
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 ------------ Children's Place       Citigroup         Adds to
top picks live list
 Retail Stores (PLCE.O)
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 ------------ Concur Technologies    Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $23.00 from
 (CNQR.O)                                 $32.00; rating hold
                     RBC               Cuts price target to
$26 from $40;
                                       rating underperform
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts target price to
$33 from $45
                     S&P Equity        Raises to buy from
hold
                     Canaccord         Cuts price target to
$35 from $50;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------ Comverge (COMV.O)      Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $7.00 from
                                       $10.00; rating buy
                     Lazard            Cuts price target to
$8 from $15 to
                                       reflect current
market; rating buy
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 ------------ Consolidated Water     Janney Montgomery Raises
to buy from neutral
 (CWCO.O)
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 ------------ Diana Shipping Inc     Cantor            Cuts
price target to $15 from $21;
 (DSX.N)                                  rating hold
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts price target to
$20 from $28;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Dryships (DRYS.O)      Credit Suisse     Cuts
price target to $30 from $50;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Duke Realty (DRE.N)    RBC               Cuts
price target to $10 from $22;
                                       rating underperform
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 ------------ Eagle Bulk Shipping    Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
underperform from buy,
 (EGLE.O)                                 reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Fannie Mae (FNM.P)     Friedman          Expects
continued elevated
 [ID:nBNG188769]                          credit cost to eat
away capital
                                       levels over next few
quarters
                     FBR               Says earnings losses
could reach
                                       $20 bln to $40 bln
over next
                                       four qtrs, lifetime
credit losses
                                       in credit book could
reach $80 bln
                                       to $100 bln
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 ------------ Focus Media (FMCN.O)   Deutsche Bank     Cuts to
hold from buy
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