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CANADA RESEARCH SUMMARY: Sept 16 1301 GMT

Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:02am EDT

Stocks

   
 Following is a summary of research actions on Canadian
companies reported by  Reuters on Tuesday. 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
 Addax Petroleum        Scotia Capital    Cuts price target to
C$58.00 from
 AXC.TO                                 C$69.50
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 ------------ Angle Energy (NGL.TO)  BMO               Starts
with outperform rating;
                                       price target of
C$7.25
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 ------------ Antrim Energy (AEN.TO) RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from
                                       outperform; cuts
price target to
                                       C$5.50 from C$5.75
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 ------------ Birchcliff Energy      Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$11.50 from
 (BIR.TO)                                 C$14.50; rating
sector underperform
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 ------------ Bow Valley Energy      Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$4.40 from
 BVX.TO                                 C$6.75; rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Breaker Energy         Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$11.75 from
 (WAV.TO)                                 C$16.25; rating
sector outperform
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 ------------ Calfrac Well Services  Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$26.25 from
 (CFW.TO)                                 C$36.50
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 ------------ Calvalley Petroleum    Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$4 from
 (CVIa.TO)                                C$5.50; rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Compton Petroleum      Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$9.25 from
 (CMT.TO)                                 C$10.50; rating
sector underperform
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 ------------ Delphi Energy (DEE.TO) Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$2.35 from
   C$4; rating sector perform
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 ------------ Discovery Air (DAa.TO) Versant Partners  Cuts to
speculative buy from
                                       buy; cuts price
target to C$0.70
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 ------------ Enerflex Systems       RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from
 Income Fund (EFX_u.TO)                   outperform; cuts
price target
                                       to C$15 from C$16
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 ------------ Ensign Energy          RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from
 Services (ESI.TO)                        outperform; cuts
price target
                                       to C$22 from C$27
                     Scotia Capital    Cuts price target to
C$25.50 from
                                       C$27.75
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 ------------ Galleon Energy         Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$17 from
 GOa.TO                                 C$22.50; rating
sector outperform
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 ------------ Ithaca Energy (IAE.V)  RBC               Cuts to
outperform from top pick;
                                       cuts price target to
C$3.30
                                       from C$4.25
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 ------------ Livingston             BMO               Raises
price target to C$16 from
 International Income Fund (LIV_u.TO)     C$15; rating market
perform
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 ------------ Niko Resources         Scotia Capital    Raises
to sector outperform; cuts
 (NKO.TO)                                 price target to C$110
from C$124
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 ------------ Oilexco Inc OIL.TO   Scotia Capital    Cuts to
sector perform; cuts price
                                       target to C$20 from
C$25
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 ------------ Paramount Resources    Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$16.50 from
 (POU.TO)                                 C$20.75; rating
sector underperform
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 ------------ Petro Andina PAR.TO  Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$10.25
                                       from C$15.50; rating
sector perform
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 ------------ Petrolifera Petroleum  Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$8.25 from
 (PDP.TO)                                 C$12.50; rating
sector perform
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 ------------ Petrominerales         Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$18.50 from
 (PMG.TO)                                 C$20.50; rating
sector perform
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 ------------ Polaris Minerals       BMO               Cuts
price target to C$4.25 from
 (PLS.TO)                                 C$4.75; rating market
perform
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 ------------ Precision Drilling     Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$26.50
 Trust (PD_u.TO)                          from C$33.25
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 ------------ Thomson Reuters        Genuity           Cuts
price target to C$40 from
 (TRI.TO)                                 C$42; rating buy
                     RBC               Cuts price target to
$39 from
                                       $44; rating
outperform
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 ------------ Trican Well Service    Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$20.75
 (TCW.TO)                                 from C$27.50
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 ------------ Tristar Oil & Gas      Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$25.75 from
 TOG.TO                                 C$26.75; rating
sector outperform
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 ------------ Universal Energy Group Genuity           Cuts
price target to C$14 from   UEG.TO
 C$14.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Westernzagros          Scotia Capital    Cuts
price target to C$2.75 from
 Resources (WZR.V)                        C$3.50; rating sector
perform
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Neha Singh and Ramya Dilip;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 



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