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US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 April 3 1327 GMT

Fri Apr 3, 2009 9:28am EDT
 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 companies reported 
 by Reuters on Friday. 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 
 Allscripts Misys       Piper Jaffray     Raises price target to $9 from $8; 
                                  rating neutral 
                        Stifel            Raises price target to $14 from $12; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Carmax          Wachovia          Cuts to underperform from market 
                                          perform 
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 Cascade         Rodman & Renshaw  Cuts price target to $25 from $40 
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 Chico's Fas     Friedman          Raises price target to $8 from $6; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 Commscope       Jefferies         Raises price target to $20 from $17; 
                                          rating buy 
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 Demandtec Inc  Wedbush           Cuts to hold from buy 
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 Dollar Tree    UBS               Cuts to neutral from buy 
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 Ensign Group   Oppenheimer       Starts with outperform; price 
                                          target of $22 
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 FMC Technologies       Jefferies         Raises to buy from hold 
  
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 Gaylord Entertainment  Wachovia          Cutsto market perform from outperform 
  
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 Global Payments        JP Morgan         Cuts price target $36 from $38; 
                                   rating overweight 
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 Human Genome Sciences  Bernstein         Cuts to market perform from 
                                  outperform; cuts price target to 
 [nBNG288473]                          $3.20 from $10 
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 Mednax           William Blair     Starts with outperform rating 
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 Navistar International Goldman Sachs     Removes from Americas buy list; 
  [nWNAB0550]                   downgrades to neutral rating; cuts 
                                          price target to $26 from $38 
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 Nokia           RBC               Raises price target to $16 from $12; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 Ormat Technologies     Jefferies         Starts with buy rating and $33 
                                   price target 
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 Polaris Industries     Wedbush           Raises price target to $26 from $18; 
                                   rating hold 
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 RC2 Corp       Caris             Cuts to average from buy 
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 Research in Motion     Raymond James     Raises price target to $77 from 
                                  $66; keeps outperform rating 
                        Genuity           Raises price target to $85 from $78; 
                                          rating buy 
                        Cowen             Raises to neutral 
                        Blackmont         Raises price target to $75 from $60; 
                                          rating buy 
                        Credit Suisse     Raises to neutral from underperform 
                        RBC               Raises price target to $80 from $75; 
                                          rating outperform 
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 Rock-Tenn       Longbow           Cuts price target to $40 from $44 
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 Ross Stores    RBC               Starts with sector perform; price 
                                          target of $38 
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 Skilled Healthcare     Oppenheimer       Starts with outperform; price 
 Group                             target of $13 
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 Tanger Factory Outlet  RBC               Starts with outperform; price 
 Centers                           target of $35 
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 TJX Companies   RBC               Starts with outperform; price 
                                          target of $31 
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 Under Armour     Susquehanna       Cuts to negative from neutral 
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 ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon and Mihir Dalal; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 
4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 
                        
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