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Fri Dec 5, 2008 4:18pm EST

Stocks

   
 GSI Technology Inc     Baird             Cuts to neutral from
outperform
 (GSIT.O)
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 ------------ Guess? Inc (GES.N)     Wedbush           Cuts
price target to $19 from $24;
                                       rating buy
                     Needham           Cuts price target to
$36.00 from
                                       $41.00; rating strong
buy
                     Lazard            Cuts price target to
$20 from $24;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Hercules Offshore Inc  Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $6 from $8;
 (HERO.O)                                 rating hold
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 ------------ HNI Corp (HNI.N)       Goldman Sachs     Raises
to neutral from sell, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ International Coal     Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $5.50 from $8;
 Group (ICO.N)                            keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Knoll Inc (KNL.N)      Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Landstar System        Baird             Cuts
price target to $37 from $48
 (LSTR.O)                                 rating outperform
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 ------------ Lattice Semiconductor  Baird             Cuts to
neutral from outperform
 Corp (LSCC.O) [ID:nBNG405070]
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 ------------ Leap Wireless (LEAP.O) Goldman Sachs     Raises
to buy from neutral, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Liquidity Services     Lazard            Cuts
price target to $10 from $12;
 (LQDT.O)                                 rating buy
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 ------------ Lions Gate             Morgan Stanley    Starts
with overweight rating; price
 Entertainment (LGF.N)                    target of $10,
reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Lorillard Inc (LO.N)   Credit Suisse     Cuts
price target to $82 from $84
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 ------------ Magma Design (LAVA.O)  Deutsche Bank     Cuts
price target to $3 from $8;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Monolithic Power       Wedbush           Cuts
price target to $11 from $14;
 Systems (MPWR.O)                         rating strong buy
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 ------------ NCR Corp (NCR.N)       Barclays          Cuts
price target to $19 from $23;
                                       rating overweight
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 ------------ Nortel Networks NT.N Cowen             Resumes
with underperform rating
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 ------------ NorthStar Realty       Friedman          Cuts
price target to $5 from $8;
 Finance (NRF.N) [ID:nBNG162730]          keeps market perform
rating
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 ------------ NU Skin Enterprises    Wedbush           Cuts
price target to $13 from $15;
 (NUS.N)                                  rating buy
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 ------------ OSI Pharmaceuticals    S&P Equity        Cuts
target price by $6 to $44;
 (OSIP.O)                                 rating buy
                     Lazard            Cuts price target to
$45 from $54;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Portfolio Recovery     Jefferies         Cuts to
underperform from hold,
 (PRAA.O)                                 reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ RF Micro Devices       Merrill Lynch     Cuts to
underperform from buy,
 (RFMD.O)                                 reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Riverbed Technology    Lazard            Cuts
price target to $13 from $16;
 (RVBD.O)                                 rating buy
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 ------------ Royal Caribbean        Credit Suisse     Cuts
price target to $12 from $26
 Cruises Ltd (RCL.N)
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 ------------ Service Corp           Raymond James     Cuts
price target to $7.50 from
 International (SCI.N)                    $9.00; rating strong
buy
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 ------------ Sirona Dental Systems  Baird             Cuts to
neutral from outperform
 (SIRO.O)
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 ------------ SQM (SQM.N)            JP Morgan         Starts
with overweight rating
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 ------------ Synaptics (SYNA.O)     JP Morgan         Starts
with overweight rating,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Teekay Offshore        Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $10 from $19;
 Partners LP (TOO.N)                      Rating hold
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 ------------ Thoratec Corp (THOR.O) Canaccord Adams   Raises
price target to $34 from $31;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Ulta Salon Cosmetics   Thomas Weisel     Cuts
price target to $13 from $16
 (ULTA.O)
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 ------------ Waddell & Reed (WDR.N) Stifel            Cuts
price target to $16 from $17.50;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Wet Seal Inc (WTSLA.O) Credit Suisse     Cuts
price target to $3 from $5
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 ------------((Compiled by Mary Meyase; Bangalore Equities
Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 



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