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CANADA RESEARCH SUMMARY: Feb 6 2240 GMT

Fri Feb 6, 2009 5:40pm EST

Stocks

   
 Following is a summary of research actions on Canadian
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 non-S&P 500 companies, double
click on [RCH/US2]
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 ------------ STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION
 Aeroquest              Jennings          Cuts to hold from
buy
 International (AQL.TO) 
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 ------------ Allied Properties      Blackmont         Starts
with hold, price target C$14
 (AP_u.TO)
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 ------------ Andina Minerals (ADM.V)BMO               Starts
with market perform rating
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 ------------ Aquiline Resources     BMO               Starts
with market perform rating
 (AQI.TO)
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 ------------ Arc Energy Trust       CIBC              Upgrades
to to sector outperformer
 (AET_u.TO)                               from sector
performer
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 ------------ Artis (AX_u.TO)        Blackmont         Starts
with hold, price target C$10
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 ------------ BCE Inc (BCE.TO)       UBS               Raises
price target to C$26.50 from
                                       C$25.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Bombardier (BBDb.TO)   Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$4 from
                                       C$5.50; rating market
perform
                     BMO               Cuts price target to
C$3.50 from
                                       C$4.75; rating market
perform
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 ------------ Breaker Energy         Blackmont         Cuts
price target to C$6.50 from
 WAV.TO                                 C$7; rating buy
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 ------------ Bridgewater Systems    Genuity           Raises
price target to C$4.75 from
 (BWC.TO)                                 C$3.75; rating buy
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 ------------ Bronco Energy (BCF.TO) Genuity           Cuts to
sell from hold; price
                                       target to C$0.80 from
C$1.50
                     RBC               Cuts price target to
C$1.25 from
                                       C$5; rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Calloway (CWT_u.TO)    Blackmont         Starts
with hold, price target C$14
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 ------------ Canadian Western Bank  BMO               Cuts
price target to C$11.50 from  (CWB.TO)
    C$14; rating market perform
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 ------------ Culane Energy (CLN.V) Jennings           Cuts
price target to C$2 from
                                       C$3.35; rating buy
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 ------------ Equinox Minerals       UBS               Cuts
price target by 7 pct to  (EQN.TO)                            
C$2.10; rating buy
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 ------------ Fortis (FTS.TO)        RBC               Raises
price target to C$25 from
                                       C$24; rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Gildan Activewear      UBS               Cuts
price target to C$18 from C$20;
 (GIL.TO)                                 rating buy
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 ------------ Gluskin Sheff (GS.TO)  Genuity           Cuts
price target to C$12 from C$13;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Kinross Gold           UBS               Raises
to buy from neutral; price
 (KGC.N) (K.TO)                           target to $22.50 from
$17
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 ------------ Lab Research (LRI.TO)  RBC               Cuts
price target to C$2.50 from
                                       C$3.50; rating sector
perform
                     Versant           Cuts price target to
c$2 from c$3;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Magellan Aerospace     Versant           Cuts to
sell from neutral; price
 (MAL.TO)                                 target to C$0.30 from
C$2.70
                     Dundee            Cuts to sell from
buy
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 ------------  Manitoba Telecom       Genuity           Cuts
price target to C$35 from
 Services (MBT.TO)                        C$36; rating sell
                     Haywood           Cuts price target by
C$2 to C$43;
                                       rating sector
outperform
                     BMO               Cuts price target to
C$41 from C$43;
                                       rating market perform
                     UBS               Cuts price target to
C$41 from C$42;                                          rating
buy
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 ------------  Orleans Energy (OEX.TO)Blackmont         Cuts
price target to C$3.25 from
                                       C$4; rating buy
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 ------------ Pacific Rubiales       BMO               Starts
with outperform; price target
 Energy (PRE.TO)                          of C$5
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 ------------ Precision Drilling     Raymond James     Cuts to
market perform from
 Trust (PD_u.TO)                          outperform
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 ------------ Research In            UBS               Raises
price target to $57 from $42;
 Motion (RIMM.O) (RIM.TO)                 rating neutral
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 ------------ Rock Energy (RE.TO)    Blackmont         Cuts to
speculative buy from buy;
                                       price target to
C$2.25 from C$2.75
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 ------------ Silverstone Resources  Blackmont         Cuts
target price to C$1.75 from
 SST.V                                  C$2.15; rating buy
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 ------------ Shoppers Drug Mart     BMO               Cuts
price target to c$48 from c$52;
 (SC.TO)                                  rating market
perform
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 ------------ Toronto Dominion       Genuity           Cuts to
hold from buy
 Bank (TD.TO)
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 ------------  ((Compiled by Sandhya Menon and Shrutika Verma;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 



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