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US RESEARCH NEWS-UBS starts Cypress Semiconductor with buy

Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:57am EST

Stocks

   
 Following are the research actions reported by Reuters on
Monday
 as of 0652 ET.
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 ------------ STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION
 Cypress Semiconductor   UBS              Starts  with buy
rating; price
 CY.N                                   target of $42
-theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------- Apria Healthcare        UBS              Raises
to neutral from sell
 AHG.N                                  -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Smith International    UBS               Starts
with buy rating
 (SII.N)                                  -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ UBS (UBS.N)            CIBC              Cuts to
sector underperformer from
                                       sector performer on
low earnings
                                       visibility
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 ------------ Sandridge Energy       Banc of America   Starts
with buy rating -
 (SD.N)                                   theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------- Range Resources        Banc of America   Starts
with buy rating -
 (RRC.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Canadian National      UBS               Cuts
price target to C$66 from
 Railway (CNR.TO)                         C$69; keeps buy
rating
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 ------------ AGCO AG.N            Morgan Stanley    Raises
to equal weight from
                                       underweight -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------- American Eagle (AEO.N) Bear Stearns      Raises
to outperform from
                                       peer perform -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------- Stanley Works (SWK.N)  Morgan Stanley    Cuts 
to underweight from
                                       equal weight -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Caterpillar (CAT.N)    Morgan Stanley    Cuts to
underweight from
                                       equal weight -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------- Genesis Energy (GEL.A) Wachovia          Starts
with outperform rating
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 ------------ Starbucks (SBUX.O)     RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from                                         
outperform - theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Colonial Bancgroup     JP Morgan         Starts
with neutral rating -  CNB.N                                
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ M&T Bank (MTB.N)       JP Morgan         Starts
with neutral rating                                         
theflyonthewall.com
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 ----------- Regions Financial      JP Morgan         Starts
with neutral rating
 (RF.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Unionbancal UB.N     JP Morgan         Starts
with neutral rating
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ First Horizon (FHN.N)  JP Morgan         Starts
with overweight rating -                                      
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Sandridge Energy       Lehman            Starts
with overweight rating
 (SD.N)                                   - theflyonthewall.com
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 ----------- Bioform Medical        JP Morgan         Starts
with overweight rating
 (BFRM.O)                                 - theflyonthewall.com
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 ----------- Orbitz Worldwide       Lehman            Raises to
overweight from
 (OWW.N)                                  equal weight -
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ XTO Energy             Bernstein         Cuts
price target to $58 from $72;
 (XTO.N)                                  keeps market perform
rating  
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 ------------ Tesoro (TSO.N)         Citigroup         Raises
to buy from hold
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 ------------ Delek US Hldg (DK.N)   Citigroup         Raises
to buy from hold
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 ------------ Euronet Worldwide      Citigroup         Raises
to hold from sell
 (EEFT.O)
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 ------------ First Horizon National Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
 (FHN.N)
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 ------------ Bank of America        Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
 (BAC.N)
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 ------------ Wells Fargo (WFC.N)    Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ Wachovia WB.N        Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ US Bancorp (USB.N)     Citigroup         Cuts to
sell from hold 
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 ------------ PNC Financial Services Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
 Group (PNC.N)
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 ------------ Western Goldfields     Raymond James     Starts
with outperform rating; price
 WGI.TO                                 target of C$4.25 
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 ------------ Comerica (CMA.N)       Citigroup         Cuts to
sell from hold
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 ------------ JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ M&T Bank (MTB.N)       Citigroup         Cuts to
sell from hold 
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 ------------ Priceline.com (PCLN.O) Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy 
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 ------------ Radian Group (RDN.N)   Citigroup         Cuts to
sell from hold 
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 ------------ Capital One Financial  Citigroup         Cuts to
sell from hold
 (COF.N)
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 ------------ Countrywide Financial  Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
 CFC.N
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 ------------ MGIC Investment        Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
 (MTG.N)
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 ------------ MDU Resources Group    Citigroup         Raises
to buy from hold
 (MDU.N)
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Jennifer Robin Raj; Bangalore
Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223
8780)) 



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